In cheap we trust : the story of a misunderstood American virtue /
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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Co.,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 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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| Physical Description: | viii, 310 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-304) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780316030281 0316030287 |