Thoreau's axe : distraction and discipline in American culture /

"When did the age of distraction begin? It might seem like a new problem, a symptom of our digital addictions, but distraction was already a source of deep concern in American culture two hundred years ago. As the industrial market economy emerged, nineteenth-century observers saw the signs: Wo...

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Main Author:	Smith, Caleb, 1977- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2023] Princeton ; Oxford : [2023] Princeton, New Jersey : [2023]
Subjects:	1800-1899 American literature > 19th century > History and criticism > ^A1992489 American literature > 19th century > History and criticism Discipline in literature Discipline > In literature Distraction (Psychology) in literature Distraction (Psychology) > In literature Mental discipline in literature American literature COMPUTERS / Social Aspects LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General Criticism, interpretation, etc Literary criticism Literary criticism > ^A3615708

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