Green Victorians

Released on by Vicky Albritton
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  • Green Victorians Book Detail

  • Author : Vicky Albritton
  • Release Date : 2016-03-07
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Genre : Art
  • Pages : 216
  • ISBN 13 : 022633998X
  • File Size : 84,84 MB
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Green Victorians by Vicky Albritton PDF Summary

Book Description: From Henry David Thoreau to Bill McKibben, critics and philosophers have sought to demonstrate how a life without constant growth might still be rich and satisfying. Yet one crucial episode in the history of sustainability has been largely forgotten. "Green Victorians" recovers the story of a small circle of men and women led by political economist and art critic John Ruskin. "Green Victorians" explores how Ruskin s most enthusiastic followers turned his theory into practice in a series of ambitious local projects ranging from painting, hand-weaving, and wood-working to gardening, archaeology, story-telling, and children s education. This is a lively yet unsettling story, for while those in Ruskin s experimental community established a thriving handicraft industry and protected the Lake District from over-development, they paid a price. Richly illustrated, "Green Victorians" breaks new ground by connecting the ideas and practices of Ruskin s utopian community to the problems of ethical consumption then and now. "

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