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Back from the land : how young Americans went to nature in the 1970s, and why they came back
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Back from the land : how young Americans went to nature in the 1970s, and why they came back

Author: Eleanor Agnew
Publisher: Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Agnew, Eleanor.
Back from the land.
Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2004
(OCoLC)652387474
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.

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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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