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In cheap we trust : the story of a misunderstood American virtue
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In cheap we trust : the story of a misunderstood American virtue

Author: Lauren Weber
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Lauren Weber
ISBN: 9780316030281 0316030287
OCLC Number: 318877975
Description: viii, 310 p. ; 22 cm.
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.
Responsibility: Lauren Weber.
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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.

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