America's Bachelor Uncle: Thoreau and the American Polity
(Part of the American Political Thought Series)
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Emphatically revisionist, Bob Pepperman Taylor reveals a Thoreau most people never knew existed. Contrary to conventional views, 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 viewed as a remarkable nature writer but simplistic philosopher...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0700608060
ISBN13:9780700608065
Release Date:October 1996
Publisher:University Press of Kansas
Length:192 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"
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