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Daring to Order Small in a Super-Sized World
A collection of essays tackles consumption in America |
Sherry Bosse |
12 Nov 1999 |
Arts and Minds |
| Consuming Desires Edited by Roger Rosenblatt Island Press, 1999, 230 pages In Walden, Henry David Thoreau wrote that "to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely." He warned his readers against an increasingly prevalent consumer culture in the United States -- in 1854. Nearly 150 years later, America ... |
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