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The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture
The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture
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This is the first comprehensive study of Americans' pursuit of the ideal of plain living and high thinking. Beginning with the colonial period, when the Puritan and Quaker ethic of hard work held sway, and ending with Jimmy Carter's and Ronald Reagan's contrasting philosophies of what constitutes the good life, Shi examines the many different ways Americans have lived the simple life and explores its meaning in America's cultural history. ISBN13: 9780195034752 ISBN10: 0195034759 Material Type: hardcover
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This is the first comprehensive study of Americans' pursuit of the ideal of plain living and high thinking. Beginning with the colonial period, when the Puritan and Quaker ethic of hard work held sway, and ending with Jimmy Carter's and Ronald Reagan's contrasting philosophies of what constitutes the good life, Shi examines the many different ways Americans have lived the simple life and explores its meaning in America's cultural history., ISBN13: 9780195034752 ISBN10: 0195034759 Material Type: hardcover
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ISBN10: 0195034759
ISBN13: 9780195034752
Publisher: Shi, David E.
Print Length: 352
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