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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• LE ZOTTE, JENNIFER

Titel

"Not Charity, but a Chance": Philanthropic Capitalism and the Rise of American Thrift Stores, 1894-1930

Ist Teil von

• The New England quarterly, 2013-06, Vol.86 (2), p.169-195

Ort / Verlag

One Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142-1209, USA: The MIT Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Goods salvaging programs initiated by the Salvation Army and Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries provided work, shelter, and clothing for charity-seekers, who transformed unwanted goods into viable consumer products. Called thrift stores in the U.S. by the 1920s, they represented a deliberate, profitable sea change in Christian-based community outreach, one requiring business savvy and an understanding of demographic shifts.