A brief history of frugality discourses in the united states

Consumption Markets and Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 235-258

  Witkowski, Terrence H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti consumption; Frugality; Thrift; Us history

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955700821     PISSN: 10253866     EISSN: 1477223X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253861003786975     Document Type: Article

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