The Simple Life: Plain Living and High Thinking in American Culture
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This is the first comprehensive study of Americans pursuit of the ideal of plain living and high thinking. Beginning with the colonial period when the Puritan and Quaker ethic of hard work held sway and ending with Jimmy Carters and Ronald Reagans contrasting philosophies of what constitutes the good life Shi examines the many different ways Americans have lived the simple life and explores its meaning in Americas cultural history.
