Thrift : the history of an American cultural movement /
Andrew L. Yarrow.
- 209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-197) and index.
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.