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001 2008006962
003 DLC
005 20080624093235.0
008 080225s2008 paua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008006962
020 $a9781599471426 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a1599471426 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aHC110.C6$bB57 2008
082 00 $a332.0240097303$222
100 1 $aBlankenhorn, David.
245 10 $aThrift :$ba cyclopedia : being an early attempt to assemble the best of what is known from history and literature about one of our most provocative words for those who are not ashamed to think anew about happiness, extravagance, and thriving /$cDavid Blankenhorn.
260 $aWest Conshohocken, Pa. :$bTempleton Foundation Press,$cc2008.
300 $aviii, 351 p. :$bill. ;$c28 cm.
500 $a"A Companion to the traveling exhibition, Thrift: In Search of the Art of Living Well and the Report to the Nation, For a New Thrift: Confronting the Debt Culture."
500 $aDeveloped after a conference of scholars the author convened In October of 2005, at the request of the John Templeton Foundation, to discuss the history of thrift as an American value and practice.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aConsumption (Economics)$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSaving and investment$zUnited States$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSocial values$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aConduct of life$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aSocial values$zUnited States$vQuotations, maxims, etc.