| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 235 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Nature, society, and culture
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Nature, society, and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
What does it mean to dwell in resistance? -- What "normal" dwelling looks like : the history of home technologies -- Custodians of the earth, witnesses to transition : the story of The Farm -- The abundance of the commons : Twin Oaks and the plenitude ethic -- Individualism and symbiosis : the dance at Dancing Rabbit -- Self-sufficiency as social justice : the case of Earthship biotecture -- Dwelling in resistance -- Appendix: Reflections on method. |
| Summary |
Chelsea Schelly uses ethnographic research, participant observation, and numerous in-depth interviews to examine four alternative U.S. communities where individuals use electricity, water, heat, waste, food, and transportation technologies that differ markedly from those used by the vast majority of modern American residential dwellers. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sustainable living -- United States.
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Sustainable living. |
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United States. |
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Appropriate technology -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Appropriate technology -- Social aspects. |
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Appropriate technology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780813586519 0813586518 9780813586502 081358650X (DLC) 2016044020 (OCoLC)959034489 |
| ISBN |
9780813586533 (electronic book) |
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0813586534 (electronic book) |
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9780813586519 |
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0813586518 |
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9780813586502 |
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081358650X |
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9780813586526 electronic book |
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9780813590851 electronic book |
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0813586526 |
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081359085X |
| Standard No. |
40027325014 |
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