Thoreau and the sociological imagination the wilds of society /

Bingham, Shawn Chandler, 1976-

Thoreau and the sociological imagination the wilds of society / [electronic resource] : Shawn Chandler Bingham. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2008. - xvi, 141 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p.123-129) and index.

Disciplinary disobedience -- The seeds and fruit of thoreauvian thought -- Social structure and the American individual -- "Progress," social development, and social change -- Thoreau's social inquiry -- Thoreau as a model for "reimagining" sociology.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781461646198 (electronic bk.)




Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 --Political and social views.


Social change.
Sociology--Methodology.


United States--Social conditions.


Electronic books.

HM831 / .B558 2008

301.092