Author:

Yarrow, Andrew L  Search this

Physical description:

209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Type:

Books

History

Place:

United States

Date:

2014

20th century

Contents:

Prelude -- The early twentieth-century American thrift movement -- Precursors of a movement -- Thrift's heyday, 1910s/1930 -- Teaching thrift in the schools -- The philosophy of thrift -- National Thrift Week -- Allies and strange bedfellows -- The international dimension -- The decline of thrift -- From thrift to sustainability

Topic:

Thriftiness--History  Search this

Social movements--History  Search this

Social values--History  Search this

Saving and investment--Social aspects--History  Search this

Economic conditions  Search this

Social conditions  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1025516