In Search of the Simple Life: American Voices, Past and Present
- ISBN-10
- 0879052171
- ISBN-13
- 9780879052171
- Category
- Religion / General
- Pages
- 350
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- Peregrine Smith Books
- Author
- David E. Shi
Description
Since colonial days Americans have greatly admired, variously defined, and occasionally practiced the simple life. In doing so they have provided a significant shaping force in the history of American values. Though quickly displaced by the cult of more and more, the simple life has remained an elevated ideal for a resolute few. For some it has meant a life of pious austerity; for others it has entailed conscientious consumption and aesthetic creation; for a few it has resulted in withdrawal from the larger society. Yet whatever form of simplicity has been adopted, those promoting the ideal have been animated by the same common purpose: to subordinate material desires to 'higher' activities. This richly illustrated anthology presents a fascinating and compelling array of original writings, woven together with Shi's illuminating commentary. -- publisher.
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