American Literature / Unit 7 AML 0613 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Economy" and the Cost of a Life
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The idea
The long first chapter prices a life, listing what the cabin cost to the half-cent and asking what a farm costs in years spent paying for it. The claim is that a thing's cost is the life exchanged for it.
In practice
A house, itemized to the half-cent.
Where people slip
The accounting is an argument about time.
Your place on the trail
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