Thrift and Thriving in America

Joshua J. Yates is a Research Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia and Director of the Program on Culture, Capitalism, and Global Change at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Culture. James Davison Hunter is the LaBrosse-Levinson Distinguished Professor of Religion, Culture and Social Theory at the University of Virginia. He has written seven books, edited three books, and published a wide range of essays, articles, and reviews all variously concerned with the problem of meaining and moral order in a time of political and cultural change in American life.

• Chapter 1Introduction: The Question of Thrift, James Davison Hunter and Joshua J. Yates Part I: The Emergence of Thrift in Early America, 1630-1880Chapter 2The Controversial Virtue of Thrift in the Early American Republic, Daniel Walker HoweChapter 3The Prehistory of American Thrift, Deirdre McCloskeyChapter 4Saving Grace and Moral Striving: Thrift in Puritan Theology, James Calvin Davis and Charles MathewesChapter 5Thrift and Prosperity, Stephen InnesChapter 6Moderation in the First Era of Popular Consumption, Joyce Appleby Chapter 7Spreading the Gospel of Self-Denial: Thrift and Association in Antebellum America, Kathleen D. McCarthyChapter 8African Americans, Slavery, and Thrift from the Revolution to the Civil War, Patrick Rael Part II: The Modernization of Thrift: Years of Transition and Transformation, 1880-1950Chapter 9The Modernization of Thrift, T. J. Jackson LearsChapter 10Thrift and Moral Formation, James Davison HunterChapter 11The Virtue of Consumption: Challenging Thrift in an Age of Transition, Lawrence B. GlickmanChapter 12Thrift and Advertising, Jennifer ScanlonChapter 13Hard Payments: Consumer Credit and Thrift, Lendol CalderChapter 14Mass Philanthropy as Public Thrift for an Age of Consumption, Olivier ZunzChapter 15Immigrants and Thrift, David M. ReimersChapter 16Saving for Democracy: Thrift, Sacrifice, and the World War II Bond Campaigns, Kiku Adatto Part III: Thriving After Thrift? Prosperity & Crisis since 1950Chapter 17Why Do Americans Save So Little and Does It Matter?, Robert H. FrankChapter 18The Rise and Fall of "Collective Thrift": Social Insurance, Economic Planning, and the Decline of Modern American Liberalism, Steven FraserChapter 19Middle-Class Respectability in 21st Century America: Work and Lifestyle in the Professional-Managerial Stratum, Steven Brint and Kristopher ProctorChapter 20Thrift in the Other America, Wilson BrissettChapter 21Thrift and Waste in American History: An Ecological View, J. R. McNeill and George VrtisChapter 22Disputing Abundance: The Antiglobalization Protest Movement and Our Changing Natural Imaginary, Joshua J. YatesChapter 23Conclusion: Thrift & Thriving: Toward a Moral Framework for Economic Life, Joshua J. Yates and James Davison Hunter

full of rich insights