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| 100 | 1 | _aTaylor, Bob Pepperman. | |
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_aAmerica's Bachelor Uncle : _bThoreau and the American Polity / _cBob Pepperman Taylor. |
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_aLawrence : _bUniversity Press of Kansas, _c1996. |
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_aBaltimore, Md. : _bProject MUSE, _c2022 |
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| 264 | 4 | _c©1996. | |
| 300 | _a1 online resource (192 pages). | ||
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_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia |
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_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier |
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| 490 | 0 | _aAmerican political thought | |
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_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star |
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| 520 | _aFellow citizens to remember that they were responsible for independently evaluating the behavior of their government and political community. | ||
| 520 | _aUnderstanding 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. | ||
| 520 | _aEmphatically 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. | ||
| 588 | _aDescription based on print version record. | ||
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_aThoreau, Henry David. _2swd |
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_aThoreau, Henry David _d1817-1862 _2gnd |
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_aThoreau, Henry David, _d1817-1862. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00029125 |
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_aThoreau, Henry David, _d1817-1862 _xPensee politique et sociale. |
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_aThoreau, Henry David, _d1817-1862 _xPolitical and social views. |
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_aPolitisches Denken _2gnd |
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_aPolitics and literature. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01069960 |
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_aPolitical and social views. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01353986 |
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_aNational characteristics, American, in literature. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01033350 |
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_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory _2bisacsh |
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| 650 | 6 | _aAmericains dans la litterature. | |
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_aPolitique et litterature _zÉtats-Unis _xHistoire _y19e siecle. |
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| 650 | 0 | _aNational characteristics, American, in literature. | |
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_aPolitics and literature _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century. |
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_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155 |
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_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628 |
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_aElectronic books. _2local |
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_tBooks at JSTOR: Open Access _dJSTOR |
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_aProject Muse. _edistributor |
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| 830 | 0 | _aBook collections on Project MUSE. | |
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_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/94118/ |
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