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The Working Man's Green Space: Allotment Gardens in England, France, and Germany, 1870-1919
Micheline Nilsen
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Description for The Working Man's Green Space: Allotment Gardens in England, France, and Germany, 1870-1919
Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, tables, figures. BIC Classification: AMV; WMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
With antecedents dating back to the Middle Ages, the community garden is more popular than ever as a means of procuring the freshest food possible and instilling community cohesion. But as Micheline Nilsen shows, the small-garden movement, which gained impetus in the nineteenth century as rural workers crowded into industrial cities, was for a long time primarily a repository of ideas concerning social reform, hygienic improvement, and class mobility. Complementing efforts by worker cooperatives, unions, and social legislation, the provision of small garden plots offered some relief from bleak urban living conditions. Urban planners often thought of such gardens as ... Read more
With antecedents dating back to the Middle Ages, the community garden is more popular than ever as a means of procuring the freshest food possible and instilling community cohesion. But as Micheline Nilsen shows, the small-garden movement, which gained impetus in the nineteenth century as rural workers crowded into industrial cities, was for a long time primarily a repository of ideas concerning social reform, hygienic improvement, and class mobility. Complementing efforts by worker cooperatives, unions, and social legislation, the provision of small garden plots offered some relief from bleak urban living conditions. Urban planners often thought of such gardens as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813935089
SKU
V9780813935089
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About Micheline Nilsen
Micheline Nilsen is Associate Professor of Art History at Indiana University South Bend, USA. She is the author of Railways and Western European Capitals: Studies of Implantation in London, Paris, Berlin, and Brussels.
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