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1 online resource (160 pages) |
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Front Cover; Advance Praise; Title Page; Rights Page; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Robert Swann: An Appreciation; Introduction; Chapter 1: A Visionary for Our Time; Chapter 2: The Forgingof His Conscience; Chapter 3: Satyagraha, American-style; Chapter 4: Prison His Monastery and University; Chapter 5: Marriage and the Movement; Chapter 6: Toward an Economicsof Peace; Chapter 7: New Roots for Economics; Chapter 8: Threshold in the Berkshires; Endnotes; Index; About the Author. |
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Bigger has turned out not to be better. Servicing the global economy has exacted a heavy toll in the erosion of our communities and the destruction of our environment. Increasingly, we are coming to realize that the way forward looks a lot like the way backback to strong local economies; back to resilient, tight-knit communities; back to the land and work that is real. As we chart our course through these uncertain times, we are hungry for inspiration. Robert Swann was a self-taught economist, a tireless champion of decentralism, and the father of the relocalization movement. A conscientious. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Swann, Robert S.
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Swann, Robert S. |
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Bioregionalism.
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Bioregionalism. |
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Communities -- Economic aspects.
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Communities -- Economic aspects. |
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Communities. |
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Pacifists -- United States -- Biography.
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Pacifists. |
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United States. |
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Biographies.
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Sustainable development.
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Sustainable development. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Print version: 9780865716155 |
| ISBN |
9781550924510 (electronic book) |
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1550924516 (electronic book) |
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