ITEM OVERVIEW
Loomis (1905–2000) was a major figure in the "decentralist" movements of the 20th century. In this historical and scholarly work, first published in the early 1980s, she documents the ideas and experiments of some of the early decentralists—Arthur Morgan, Henry George, Benjamin Tucker, Paul Goodman, Ralph Borsodi, Hazel Henderson, J. Rodale, and more. They all shared a common belief in restoring community self-reliance and bringing economic and social activities back to a more human scale. Friend of cooperation, self-sufficiency, of the house-hold economy, of the small community, their early experiments played a pivotal role in introducing and supporting the likes of organic agriculture, consumer rights, and cooperative and worker-owned businesses. Actively engaged in community land trust, the ecological use of resources, alternative education, consensus decision making, non-exploitive banking, and alternative currency, these earlier movements saw a resurgence of neighborhood revival, community economic reconstruction, co-ops, and land trusts—many of which continue to operate successfully today. Includes an introduction from George Woodcock.
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