Green Victorians : the simple life in John Ruskin's Lake District /

From Henry David Thoreau to Bill McKibben, critics and philosophers have long sought to demonstrate how a sufficient life - one without constant, environmentally damaging growth - might still be rich and satisfying. Yet one crucial episode in the history of sufficiency has been largely forgotten. &#...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Albritton, Vicky (Author), Jonsson, Fredrik Albritton, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Ruskin, John, > 1819-1900 > Knowledge and learning.
Ruskin, John, > 1819-1900 > Homes and haunts > England > Lake District.
Ruskin, John, > 1819-1900
Ruskin, John > 1819-1900
1800-1899
Sustainable living > England > Lake District > History > 19th century.
Alternative lifestyles > England > Lake District > History > 19th century.
Cottage industries > England > Lake District > History > 19th century.
Consumption (Economics) > Moral and ethical aspects > England > History > 19th century.
Style de vie durable > Angleterre > Lake District > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Style de vie alternatif > Angleterre > Lake District > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Industrie familiale > Angleterre > Lake District > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Learning and scholarship
Alternative lifestyles
Consumption (Economics) > Moral and ethical aspects
Cottage industries
Homes
Manners and customs
Sustainable living
Lake District (England) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Lake District (Angleterre) > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
England
England > Lake District
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Green victorians
  • No wealth but life
  • Selling sufficiency
  • Queen Susan
  • Taming the steam dragon
  • Insatiable imagination
  • Nothing much
  • Conclusion: Ruskin in the anthropocene.

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