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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806962603321

Autore

Neufeldt Leonard

Titolo

The economist : Henry Thoreau and enterprise / / Leonard N. Neufeldt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1989

ISBN

1-280-52384-0

0-19-536333-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Disciplina

818/.309

Soggetti

Economics in literature

Economics - United States - History - 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Key to Abbreviations; Introduction; I: Enterprise, Economy, and Vocation; 1. An Enterprise of Self-Culture in a Culture of Enterprise; 2. The Economist of Walden; 3. Comparative Demands; II: Walden and the Guidebook for Young Men; 4. The Young Man's Guide; 5. The American Success Manual for Young Men; 6. Walden as Parody; Afterword; Appendix; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This is a study of Thoreau's participation in the economic discourse of his time, when America underwent an unprecedented transformation in economic thinking and behaviour.