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In cheap we trust : the story of a misunderstood American virtue
Author
Title
In cheap we trust : the story of a misunderstood American virtue / Lauren Weber.
ISBN
9780316030281
0316030287
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Physical Description
viii, 310 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary
Considers our hot-and-cold relationship with thrift and offers a colorful ride through its history in America, from Ben Franklin and his famous maxims to the branding of Jews and the Chinese as cheap in order to neutralize the economic competition they represented.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 28, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p.[285]-304) and index.
Contents
"The crowd approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary"
A nation of savers
"What use can a woman have for arithmetic?"
Cheap Jews and thrifty Chinese
"Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
Lively golf balls and two-Ford freedom : the postwar years
Spendthrift nation
Eco-cheap
Living cheap in the age of mass consumption
Cheapskate psychology
Conclusion.
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