Voluntary simplicity :  responding to consumer culture / 
edited by Daniel Doherty and Amitai Etzioni. 
 - Lanham, Md. :  Rowman & Littlefield,  c2003. 
 - ix, 210 p. ;  24 cm. 
 - Rights and responsibilities .
 - Rights and responsibilities (Lanham, Md.) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Preface / Daniel Doherty.  Introduction: Voluntary Simplicity-- Psychological Implications, Societal Consequences / Amitai Etzioni.   HUMAN WANTS, HUMAN GOODS : A Theory of Human Motivation / A. H. Maslow -- Wealth and Happiness: A Limited Relationship / David G. Myers -- Consuming for Love / Edward N. Luttwak -- The Problem of Over-Consumption-Why Economists Don't Get It / Juliet Schor -- Achieving Collective Well-Being through Greater Simplicity: A Simple Proposal / Robert Frank.  SIMPLICITY THROUGHOUT HISTORY Early American Simplicity: The Quaker Ethic / David Shi -- Simple Needs / Charles Wagner -- The Value of Voluntary Simplicity / Richard B. Gregg -- Voluntary Simplicity: A Movement Emerges / Duane Elgin and Arnold Mitchell.  CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES : Conspicuous "Simplicity" / David Brooks -- The Liberating Role of Consumption and the Myth of Artificially Created Desires / James B. Twitchell. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0742520668 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0742520676 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003013970 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Simplicity.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BJ1496  / .V65 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>178