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Walden and Civil Disobedience

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After being imprisoned for refusing to pay Concord's poll tax, Thoreau recounted his experience in an 1848 lecture "The Rights and Duties of the Individual in Relation to Government." The speech, hardly noticed in Thoreau's lifetime, was later published as "Civil Disobedience." Today it is widely considered one of the most important essays concerning the incumbent duties of American citizens.

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Lingua
Inglese
Pubblicato
2003
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
352
ISBN10
1593082088
ISBN13
9781593082086
Serie
Prima pubblicazione
1854
Titolo originale
Walden; or, Life in the Woods
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After being imprisoned for refusing to pay Concord's poll tax, Thoreau recounted his experience in an 1848 lecture "The Rights and Duties of the Individual in Relation to Government." The speech, hardly noticed in Thoreau's lifetime, was later published as "Civil Disobedience." Today it is widely considered one of the most important essays concerning the incumbent duties of American citizens.