Thoreau in an Age of Crisis : Uses and Abuses of an American Icon / Kristen Case, Rochelle L. Johnson, Henrik Otterberg
Blick ins Buch Thoreau in an Age of Crisis reconsiders the relevance of 19th-century American naturalist, philosopher, and social reformer Henry David Thoreau to our troubled present. This new anthology collects the work of fourteen leading scholars from various disciplines. They consider Thoreau...
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