The Country-Life Movement in the United States

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book The Country-Life Movement in the United States by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Liberty Hyde Bailey ISBN: 9781465535733
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Liberty Hyde Bailey
ISBN: 9781465535733
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
The country-life movement is the working out of the desire to make rural civilization as effective and satisfying as Other civilization. It is not an organized movement proceeding from one center or even expressing one set of ideas. It is a world-motive to even up society as between country and city; for it is generally understood that country life has not reached as high development within its sphere as city life has reached within its sphere. We call it a new subject. As a "movement," or a recognized set of problems needing attention, it may possibly be called new; but in reality it is new only to those who have recently discovered it. It is not a back-to-the-land movement. The country-life movement must be sharply distinguished from the present popular back-to-the-land agitation. The latter is primarily a city or town impulse, expressing the desire of townspeople to escape, or of cities to find relief, or of real estate dealers to sell land; and in part it is the result of the doubtful propaganda to decrease the cost of living by sending more persons to the land, on the mostly mistaken assumption that more products will thereby be secured for the world's markets
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
The country-life movement is the working out of the desire to make rural civilization as effective and satisfying as Other civilization. It is not an organized movement proceeding from one center or even expressing one set of ideas. It is a world-motive to even up society as between country and city; for it is generally understood that country life has not reached as high development within its sphere as city life has reached within its sphere. We call it a new subject. As a "movement," or a recognized set of problems needing attention, it may possibly be called new; but in reality it is new only to those who have recently discovered it. It is not a back-to-the-land movement. The country-life movement must be sharply distinguished from the present popular back-to-the-land agitation. The latter is primarily a city or town impulse, expressing the desire of townspeople to escape, or of cities to find relief, or of real estate dealers to sell land; and in part it is the result of the doubtful propaganda to decrease the cost of living by sending more persons to the land, on the mostly mistaken assumption that more products will thereby be secured for the world's markets

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book The Bad Child's Book of Beasts by Liberty Hyde Bailey
Cover of the book La hermana San Sulpicio by Liberty Hyde Bailey
Cover of the book Astronomical Myths: Based on Flammarions's "History of the Heavens" by Liberty Hyde Bailey
Cover of the book The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam by Liberty Hyde Bailey
Cover of the book Barrington (Complete) by Liberty Hyde Bailey
Cover of the book Life of Mozart, Volume I of III by Liberty Hyde Bailey
Cover of the book Pharais and the Mountain Lovers by Liberty Hyde Bailey
Cover of the book A Prairie-Schooner Princess by Liberty Hyde Bailey
Cover of the book The Grihya Sutras, Part II by Liberty Hyde Bailey
Cover of the book Amerigo Vespucci by Liberty Hyde Bailey
Cover of the book The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales by Liberty Hyde Bailey
Cover of the book A Lady's Visit to The Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 by Liberty Hyde Bailey
Cover of the book A Bride From the Bush by Liberty Hyde Bailey
Cover of the book Le Chevalier des Touches by Liberty Hyde Bailey
Cover of the book I Ching, Or, The Book of Changes by Liberty Hyde Bailey
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy