| Description |
xiii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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CultureAmerica
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Culture America.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-291) and index. |
| Summary |
For many, it was more than a publication: it was a way of life. The Whole Earth Catalog billed itself as "Access to Tools," and it grew from a Bay Area blip to a national phenomenon catering to hippies, do-it-yourselfers, and anyone interested in self-sufficiency independent of mainstream America (now known as "living off the grid"). In recovering the history of the Catalog's unique brand of environmentalism, historian Kirk recounts how Stewart Brand and the Point Foundation promoted a philosophy of pragmatic environmentalism that celebrated technological achievement, human ingenuity, and sustainable living. Kirk shows us that Whole Earth was more than a mere counterculture fad. At a time when many of these ideas were seen as heretical to a predominantly wilderness-based movement, it became a critical forum for environmental alternatives and a model for how complicated ecological ideas could be presented in a hopeful and even humorous way.--From publisher description. |
| Contents |
Introduction: one highly evolved tool box -- Environmental heresies -- Thing-makers, tool freaks, and prototypers -- Baling wire hippies -- On point -- The final frontier -- Free minds, free markets -- Epilogue: What happened to appropriate technology? |
| Subject |
Environmentalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Environmentalism. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Counterculture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Counterculture. |
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Counterculture -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century.
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California -- San Francisco. |
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Technology -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
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Technology -- Environmental aspects. |
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Appropriate technology -- Catalogs -- History.
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Appropriate technology. |
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Catalogs. |
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Brand, Stewart.
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Brand, Stewart. |
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Whole earth catalog (New York, N.Y.)
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Whole earth catalog (New York, N.Y.) |
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Coevolution quarterly.
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| Added Title |
Whole earth catalog and American environmentalism |
| ISBN |
9780700615452 cloth alkaline paper |
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0700615458 cloth alkaline paper |
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