In 1845 Thoreau built himself a shanty in the woods by Walden Pond, where he lived from 1845 to 1847. Walden has remained a successful treatise on the subjects of self-sufficiency, individualism, relationship with nature, and rejection of material ambition. His residence at the Pond was interrupted by a day’s imprisonment for refusal to pay a poll tax to a government that supported the Mexican War. This action was in accord with his belief in passive resistance, a means of protest he explained in his essay Civil Disobedience (1849).\
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Walden and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
In 1845 Thoreau built himself a shanty in the woods by Walden Pond, where he lived from 1845 to 1847. Walden has remained a successful treatise on the subjects of self-sufficiency, individualism, relationship with nature, and rejection of material ambition. His residence at the Pond was interrupted by a day’s imprisonment for refusal to pay a poll tax to a government that supported the Mexican War. This action was in accord with his belief in passive resistance, a means of protest he explained in his essay Civil Disobedience (1849).\
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ISBN-13: | 9781984303622 |
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Publisher: | CreateSpace Publishing |
Publication date: | 01/29/2018 |
Pages: | 208 |
Product dimensions: | 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.44(d) |
Lexile: | 1340L (what's this?) |
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