Beyond our means [electronic resource] : why America spends while the world saves / Sheldon Garon.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: BookBookPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2012.Description: 475 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 339.4/3 23
LOC classification:
  • HC79.S3 G37 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The origins of saving in the Western world -- Organizing thrift in the age of nation-states -- America the exceptional -- Japanese traditions of diligence and thrift -- Saving for the new Japan -- Mobilizing for the Great War -- Save now, buy later : World War II and beyond -- "Luxury is the enemy" : Japan in peace and war -- Postwar Japan's national salvation -- Exporting thrift, or the myth of "Asian values" -- "There is money. Spend it" : America since 1945 -- Keep on saving? : questions for the twenty-first century.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
E-Books E-Books Main Library 339.4/3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available EB1924

"A Princeton University Press e-book"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The origins of saving in the Western world -- Organizing thrift in the age of nation-states -- America the exceptional -- Japanese traditions of diligence and thrift -- Saving for the new Japan -- Mobilizing for the Great War -- Save now, buy later : World War II and beyond -- "Luxury is the enemy" : Japan in peace and war -- Postwar Japan's national salvation -- Exporting thrift, or the myth of "Asian values" -- "There is money. Spend it" : America since 1945 -- Keep on saving? : questions for the twenty-first century.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha