The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture
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Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 1985
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- Title
- The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture
- Author
- Shi, David E.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year
- 1985
- Condition
- Near fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0195034759
- ISBN 13
- 9780195034752
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 24.868 ounces
- Dimensions
- 0.54 feet width by 0.8 feet height by 0.09 feet depth
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.
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About the Author
David E. Shi is the president of Furman University, where he is also a professor of history. His books include In Search of the Simple Life, Facing Facts, and The Bell Tower and Beyond.
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