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Radical gardening : politics, idealism & rebellion in the garden / George McKay.
Fine Arts Library SB454.3.S63 M395 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McKay, George, 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gardening--Social aspects.
- Gardening.
- Gardening--Political aspects.
- Gardening--History.
- History.
- Gardening--Philosophy.
- Guerrilla gardens.
- Urban gardening.
- Organic gardening.
- Gardens--History.
- Gardens.
- Gardens--Philosophy.
- Counterculture.
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Frances Lincoln edition.
- Other Title:
- Politics, idealism and rebellion in the garden
- Place of Publication:
- London : Frances Lincoln, 2011.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The "plot" of Radical gardening
- The garden in the (city) machine
- Organics, left and right
- Peace in the garden
- Flower power and the gardens of liberation
- Allotments, community gardens, and guerrilla gardening!
- Notes:
- "In the common public perception, contemporary gardening is understood as suburban, a leisure activity, a television makeover opportunity. Radical gardening travels an alternative route, through history and across landscape, linking propagation with propaganda"--[p.4] of cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-203) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 0711230307
- 9780711230309
- OCLC:
- 670481656
- Publisher Number:
- 99947774045
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