E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten
Hulme A brief history of thrift
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-5261-2884-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-5261-2884-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
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.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
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