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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Agnew, Eleanor. Back from the land. Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2004 (OCoLC)652387474 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Eleanor Agnew |
| ISBN: | 1566635802 9781566635806 |
| OCLC Number: | 54816995 |
| Description: | xi, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The lure of back to the land -- Early days in a technology-free zone -- The height of happiness -- Getting close to nature and natural processes -- Not-so-genteel poverty -- Generating cash flow -- Staying healthy, and paying for it -- Relationships : friends, lovers, family, community -- Turning points -- Finding a niche in the mainstream -- Lessons and legacies. |
| Responsibility: | Eleanor Agnew. |
Abstract:
Recounts the back-to-the-land experiences of the idealists of the 1970s whose attempts to find a simpler life often led to disillusion and an eventual return to a middle-class lifestyle.
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