Simple life, the: plain living and high thinking in american culture
Auteur :
Shi, David E.
Éditeur :
Shi, David E.
ISBN :
9780820323404
Date de publication :
30 nov. 2001
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 x 2,6 cm
Poids :
553 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Looking across three centuries of want and prosperity, war and peace, this work introduces a cast of practitioners and proponents of the simple life, among them Thomas Jefferson and Jane Addams. It finds that nothing is simple about our devotion to the ideal of plain living and high thinking.