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Henry David Thoreau’s views of 19th-century media resonate today

  • Written by Mark Canada, Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Indiana University
imageA statue of Henry David Thoreau in front of a replica of his cabin in Concord, Massachusetts.Chris Devers, CC BY-NC-ND

The world knows Henry David Thoreau as a writer whose perspectives on nature and society remain relevant today.

This summer, Thoreau would have turned 200 years old. What would he say about the media itself, now that Americans must...

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