Civilizing Thoreau: Human Ecology and the Emerging Social Sciences in the Major Works

by Richard J. Schneider

Recent book-length studies of Thoreau have focused either on his place in the history of the natural sciences or have applied political principles to his works. None, however, has fully addressed what ecocritic Rebecca Solnit calls "the Thoreau problem," the compartmentalizing of Thoreau's mind into either that of a hermit of nature or that of a champion of social reform. This book proposes an interdisciplinary solution to this problem through the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571139605
• ISBN13: 9781571139603
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"