The Working Man's Green Space Allotment Gardens in England, France, and Germany, 1870-1919 |
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| Author:
| Nilsen, Micheline
Barnes, Brooks M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-3508-9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2014 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.50USD $39.50 |
Book Description:
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With antecedents dating back to the Middle Ages, the community garden is more popular than ever as a means of procuring the freshest food possible and instilling community cohesion. But as Micheline Nilsen shows, the small-garden movement, which gained impetus in the nineteenth century as rural workers crowded into industrial cities, was for a long time primarily a repository of ideas concerning social reform, hygienic improvement, and class mobility.
With antecedents dating back to the Middle Ages, the community garden is more popular than ever as a means of procuring the freshest food possible and instilling community cohesion. But as Micheline Nilsen shows, the small-garden movement, which gained impetus in the nineteenth century as rural workers crowded into industrial cities, was for a long time primarily a repository of ideas concerning social reform, hygienic improvement, and class mobility.