If a plant cannot live according to its nature, it dies; and so a man. --Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience The oft-quoted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau is best known for two works: Walden and Civil Disobedience. Walden, first published in 1854, documents the time Thoreau spent living with nature in a hand-built cabin in the woods near Walden Pond in Massachusetts. A minor work in its own time, Walden burgeoned in popularity during the counter culture movement of the 1960s. Civil Disobedience is thought to have originated after Thoreau spent a night in jail for refusing to pay taxes to a government with whose policies he did not agree. Assigning greater importance to the conscience of the individual than the governing law, Civil Disobedience is an internationally admired work that is known to have influenced writer Leo Tolstoy and political activist Mahatma Gandhi, and many members of the American Civil Rights Movement. Now available together in one chic and affordable edition as part of the Word Cloud Classics series, Walden and Civil Disobedience makes an attractive addition to any library.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Canterbury Classics
ISBN-13
9781626860636
eBay Product ID (ePID)
194658353
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Political Science
Author
Henry David Thoreau
Publication Name
Walden and Civil Disobedience
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Geography & Geosciences
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
197mm
Item Width
133mm
Item Weight
370g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Henry David Thoreau
Series Title
Word Cloud Classics
Topic
Memorials, Popular Philosophy
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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