Brief History of Thrift

This book explores 'thrift' through its moral, religious, ethical, political, spiritual and philosophical expressions, and via key characters such as Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Smiles, and Henry Thoreau.

List of contents

Introduction
1 Religious thrift: Puritans, Quakers and Benjamin Franklin
2 Individualist thrift: Victorians, Individualism, and Samuel Smiles
3 Spiritual thrift: Simplicity, anti-consumption and Henry Thoreaux
4 Nationalist thrift: revolution, depression and world wars
5 Consumer thrift: race, responsibility and rights
6 Ecological thrift: frugality, nature and anti-Capitalism
7 Ideological thrift: One Nation Tories and the current Age-of-Austerity
Conclusion
Index

About the author

Alison Hulme lectures in International Development at the University of Northampton

Product details

• Authors: Alison Hulme, Hulme Alison
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781526155962
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5596-2
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Cultural Studies, Personal finance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Geopolitics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Economic history, Economic and financial crises and disasters, Financial Crises & Disasters