Utopian England : Community Experiments 1900-1945
Dennis. Hardy
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (314 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front Cover; Utopian England; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. The Quest for Perfection; Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained; A Very Unusual Period; Shifting Boundaries; Chapter 2. The Land of Utopia; England's Grief; Opportunity and Expediency; A Wartime Refuge; Chapter 3. Cities in the Sun; The Urban Anti-Christ; Garden City Salvation; Building Utopia; New Horizons; City of Friends; Modern Utopia; Chapter 4. The Art of Community; Arts and Crafts in the Countryside; Cells of the Good Life; The Dartington Experiment; Chapter 5. Sacred Places; Communities of God. - God without the StateThe Cotswold Bruderhof; Salvation and Renewal; Chapter 6. The Politics of Nowhere; Into the Margins; Eminently Practical Visions; Tales of the Chesterbelloc; Kindred Spirits; The Socialism of Small Groups; Chapter 7. The Place of Imagination; The Land of Make Believe; The Fiction of Escape; The Devil's Decades; Intellectual Coteries; Chapter 8. Twentieth-Century Conundrum; The Experience of Utopia; Comparative Perspectives; The Next Future; Bibliography; Index. - England in the early part of the twentieth century was rich in utopian ventures - diverse and intriguing in their scope and aims. Two world wars, an economic depression, and the emergence of fascist states in Europe were all a spur to idealists to seek new limits - to escape from the here and now, and to create sanctuaries for new and better lives.Dennis Hardy explores this fascinating history of utopian ideals, the lives of those who pursued them, and the utopian communities they created.Some communities were fired by a long tradition of land movements, others by thoughts of more huma
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| Emner | Collective settlements - History - England
Utopias - History Collective settlements -- England -- History -- 20th century. Law, Politics & Government Vis mer... Political Science
Socialism, Communism & Anarchism alternative lokalsamfunn utopier storbritannia historie |
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| ISBN | 0419246606. - 0419246703
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