Books by David E. Shi

Looking across more than three centuries of want and prosperity, war and peace, this work introduces a cast of practitioners and proponents of the simple life, among them Thomas Jefferson, Henry David Thoreau, Jane Addams, Scott and Helen Nearing, and Jimmy Carter.

Introduces the theme of environmental history, which adds illuminating perspectives on how Americans have shaped - and been shaped by - the natural world. This work also includes maps and pedagogy.