{"product_id":"thrift-and-its-paradoxes-catherine-alexander-9781800734623","title":"Thrift and Its Paradoxes: From Domestic to Political Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003e Thrift is a central concern for most people, especially in turbulent economic times. It is both an economic and an ethical logic of frugal living, saving and avoiding waste for long-term kin care. These logics echo the ancient ideal of household self-sufficiency, contrasting with capitalism's wasteful present-focused growth. But thrift now exceeds domestic matters straying across scales to justify public expenditure cuts. Through a wide range of ethnographic contexts this book explores how practices and moralities of thrift are intertwined with austerity, debt, welfare, and patronage across various social and temporal scales and are constantly re-negotiated at the nexus of socio-economic, religious, and kinship ideals and praxis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 180073462X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781800734623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Catherine Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43945439166719,"sku":"9781800734623","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9cee15f6-0232-41bf-a28d-518dc69ead80.jpg?v=1681508352","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/thrift-and-its-paradoxes-catherine-alexander-9781800734623","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}