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A Brief History of Thrift (Hardcover)
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A Brief History of Thrift (Hardcover)
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This book surveys 'thrift' through its moral, religious, ethical,
political, spiritual and philosophical expressions, focussing in on
key moments such as the early Puritans and Post-war rationing, and
key characters such as Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Smiles and Henry
Thoreau. The relationships between thrift and frugality,
mindfulness, sustainability, and alternative consumption practices
are explained, and connections made between myriad conceptions of
thrift and contemporary concerns for how consumer cultures impact
scarce resources, wealth distribution, and the Anthropocene.
Ultimately, the book returns the reader to an understanding of
thrift as it was originally used - to 'thrive' - and attempts to
re-cast thrift in more collective, economically egalitarian terms,
reclaiming it as a genuinely resistant practice. -- .
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