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Shelter from the Machine: Homesteaders in the Age of Capitalism
University of Illinois Press, 2020 eISBN: 978-0-252-05189-0 | Cloth: 978-0-252-04303-1 | Paper: 978-0-252-08489-8 Library of Congress Classification HN79.A127S77 2020 Dewey Decimal Classification 307.72097569
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
”You’re either buried with your crystals or your shotgun.” That laconic comment captures the hippies-versus-hicks conflict that divides, and in some ways defines, modern-day homesteaders. It also reveals that back to-the-landers, though they may seek lives off the grid, remain connected to the most pressing questions confronting the United States today. Jason Strange shows where homesteaders fit, and don't fit, within contemporary America. Blending history with personal stories, Strange visits pig roasts and bohemian work parties to find people engaged in a lifestyle that offers challenge and fulfillment for those in search of virtues like self-employment, frugality, contact with nature, and escape from the mainstream. He also lays bare the vast differences in education and opportunity that leave some homesteaders dispossessed while charting the tensions that arise when people seek refuge from the ills of modern society—only to find themselves indelibly marked by the system they dreamed of escaping. See other books on: Appalachian Region, Southern | Kentucky | Machine | Rural conditions | Social Classes & Economic Disparity See other titles from University of Illinois Press |
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Shelter from the Machine: Homesteaders in the Age of Capitalism
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
University of Illinois Press, 2020
eISBN: 978-0-252-05189-0
Cloth: 978-0-252-04303-1
Paper: 978-0-252-08489-8
eISBN: 978-0-252-05189-0
Cloth: 978-0-252-04303-1
Paper: 978-0-252-08489-8
”You’re either buried with your crystals or your shotgun.” That laconic comment captures the hippies-versus-hicks conflict that divides, and in some ways defines, modern-day homesteaders. It also reveals that back to-the-landers, though they may seek lives off the grid, remain connected to the most pressing questions confronting the United States today.
Jason Strange shows where homesteaders fit, and don't fit, within contemporary America. Blending history with personal stories, Strange visits pig roasts and bohemian work parties to find people engaged in a lifestyle that offers challenge and fulfillment for those in search of virtues like self-employment, frugality, contact with nature, and escape from the mainstream. He also lays bare the vast differences in education and opportunity that leave some homesteaders dispossessed while charting the tensions that arise when people seek refuge from the ills of modern society—only to find themselves indelibly marked by the system they dreamed of escaping.
Jason Strange shows where homesteaders fit, and don't fit, within contemporary America. Blending history with personal stories, Strange visits pig roasts and bohemian work parties to find people engaged in a lifestyle that offers challenge and fulfillment for those in search of virtues like self-employment, frugality, contact with nature, and escape from the mainstream. He also lays bare the vast differences in education and opportunity that leave some homesteaders dispossessed while charting the tensions that arise when people seek refuge from the ills of modern society—only to find themselves indelibly marked by the system they dreamed of escaping.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
