The eclipse of 'elegant economy' : the impact of the Second World War on attitudes to personal finance in Britain

The eclipse of 'elegant economy' : the impact of the Second World War on attitudes to personal finance in Britain /

With concepts of 'austerity' very much in the news, this book takes a fresh look at attitudes to consumption, consumerism and personal finance in Britain during the middle decades of the twentieth century. It argues that the pre-War fear of debt and social disdain for conspicuous consumpti...

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Main Author: Cohen, Martin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., 2012
Series:Modern economic and social history series.
Subjects:
Finance, Personal > Great Britain > History.
World War, 1939-1945.
Consumption (Economics) > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 1945-1964.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Fleeting crescent (1918 to 1939 and before)
  • Petrified "capitalists" (the Second World War)
  • Short dawn (1945 to 1947)
  • First quartile (1948 to 1951)
  • Dividend-seeking "socialists" (the co-operative movement)
  • Spreading shadow (1951 to 1957)
  • Total eclipse and its corona (1957 and beyond).

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