At Home in Nature: Modern Homesteading and Spiritual Practice in America
Description
Drawing on firsthand accounts and cultural analysis, this study explores why contemporary Americans choose homesteading as an alternative to consumer culture and conventional modern life. It examines the practical realities of self-sufficiency—from cultivating land and raising food to building more intentional communities—while considering the spiritual meanings people attach to nature, simplicity, and purposeful work. Blending ethnography, history, and religious studies, the book presents modern homesteading as both a lifestyle and a search for belonging, responsibility, and a deeper relationship with the natural world.
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paperback
University of California Press
Published Oct 24, 2005
380 pages
ISBN: 9780520241428
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First Published
2005
Language
eng
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