Shelter from the Machine : Homesteaders in the Age of Capitalism /

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"'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 c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Strange, Jason G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Subsistence economy.
Sociology, Rural.
Social conditions.
Self-reliant living.
Rural conditions.
Frontier and pioneer life.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
Sociologie rurale > Kentucky.
Sociologie rurale > Appalaches (Sud)
Économie de subsistance > Kentucky.
Économie de subsistance > Appalaches (Sud)
Autosuffisance (Style de vie) > Kentucky.
Autosuffisance (Style de vie) > Appalaches (Sud)
Sociology, Rural > Kentucky.
Sociology, Rural > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Subsistence economy > Kentucky.
Subsistence economy > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Frontier and pioneer life > Kentucky.
Frontier and pioneer life > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Self-reliant living > Kentucky.
Self-reliant living > Appalachian Region, Southern.
United States.
Southern Appalachian Region.
Kentucky.
Kentucky > Conditions sociales > 21e siecle.
Appalaches (Sud) > Conditions sociales > 21e siecle.
United States > Rural conditions.
Kentucky > Social conditions > 21st century.
Appalachian Region, Southern > Social conditions > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Heaven in a flower
  • You can see other people's poop
  • A buzzel about Kantuck
  • You can't eat scenery
  • Never seen so much hair in your life
  • Ain't nothin' in them books
  • I haven't felt my hands in years
  • Hard living
  • Don't need their coal
  • Epilogue: Without a chief.

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