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1 online resource (192 pages). |
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American political thought
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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American political thought.
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Fellow citizens to remember that they were responsible for independently evaluating the behavior of their government and political community. |
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Understanding of human society, Thoreau is resurrected here as a profound social critic with more on his mind than utopian daydreams. Rather than the aloof and private individualist spurned by conservatives and championed by radicals and environmentalists, Taylor portrays Thoreau as a genuinely engaged political theorist concerned with the moral foundations of public life. Like a solicitous "bachelor uncle" (an allusion to his journals), Thoreau persistently prodded his. |
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Emphatically revisionist, this book reveals a Thoreau most people never knew existed. Contrary to conventional views, Bob Pepperman Taylor argues that Thoreau was one of America's most powerful and least understood political thinkers, a man who promoted community and democratic values while being ever vigilant against the evils of excessive or illegitimate authority. Still widely perceived as a remarkable nature writer but simplistic philosopher with no real. |
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Project Muse Project Muse Open Access |
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Open Access Unrestricted online access |
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Thoreau, Henry David. |
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Thoreau, Henry David 1817-1862. |
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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. |
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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Pensee politique et sociale. |
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Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Political and social views.
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Political and social views. |
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Politisches Denken. |
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Politics and literature. |
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National characteristics, American, in literature. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. |
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Americains dans la litterature. |
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Politique et litterature -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siecle. |
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National characteristics, American, in literature.
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Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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United States. |
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History. |
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19th century |
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History.
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Electronic books. .
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Project Muse, distributor.
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Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
| ISBN |
9780700608065 |
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9780700631261 |
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0700631267 |
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