New pioneers : the back-to-the-land movement and the search for a sustainable future / Jeffrey Jacob...
New pioneers : the back-to-the-land movement and the search for a sustainable future / Jeffrey Jacob...
New pioneers : the back-to-the-land movement and the search for a sustainable future / Jeffrey Jacob.
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University Park, Penn. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1997.
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N307.260973/1
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 262 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Conventional Radicals: Back-to-the-Land Profiles -- 2. Seven Ways of Living Back-to-the-Land: Work, Time, and Money in the Country -- 3. Quest For Wholeness: Back-to-the-Land Values -- 4. Soft Paths: Back-to-the-Land Technology -- 5. Urban Pioneers -- 6. Organizing for Change: New Pioneers as Act...
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Publisher
University Park, Penn. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1997.
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
c1997.
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Summary
While New Pioneers describes an important social movement, it also shows how far a group of highly motivated individuals and families can go, by themselves, in breaking away from the prevailing consumer culture. The dilemmas, frustrations, adaptations, and triumphs of these neo-homesteaders offer valuable insights to anyone contemplating a move "ba...
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New pioneers : the back-to-the-land movement and the search for a sustainable future / Jeffrey Jacob.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-257) and index.
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c1997.
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N307.260973/1
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74VvPj2KKojO
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ISBN
0271016213 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780271016221 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0271016221 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780271016214 (cloth : alk. paper)
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307.260973
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991005689599702626
