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The Leisure Ethic: Work and Play in American Literature, 1840-1940 William A. Gleason
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The Leisure Ethic: Work and Play in American Literature, 1840-1940
William A. Gleason
This literary and cultural history of the rise of modern leisure shows how American writers from Henry David Thoreau to Zora Neale Hurston both responded to and helped shape19th- and early-20th-century ideas of work and play.
468 pages, 25 half-tones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780804733991 |
| Publishers | Stanford University Press |
| Pages | 468 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 733 g (Weight (estimated)) |
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