Author: Ralph BorsodiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Flight from the City
Author: Ralph BorsodiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Homesteading: Flight from the City
Author: Ralph BorsodiPublisher:
ISBN: 9781481873697
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
This book follows the Borsodi Family in the experiment living on a homestead in the 1920s. After the Great Depression, there were a number of families seeking a simpler way of life that was away from the hustle and bustle of city life. With today's uncertain economic times, this book is as relevant today as it was when it was written. Although a few of the techniques may be outdated, there is still an abundance of information contained within these pages." In the summer of 1920--the first summer after our flight from the city--Mrs. Borsodi began to can and preserve a supply of fruits and vegetables for winter use. I remember distinctly the pride with which she showed me, on my return from the city one evening, the first jars of tomatoes which she had canned. But with my incurable bent for economics, the question "Does it really pay?" instantly popped into my head. Mrs. Borsodi had rather unusual equipment for doing the work efficiently. She cooked on an electric range; she used a steam-pressure cooker; she had most of the latest gadgets for reducing the labor to a minimum. I looked around the kitchen, and then at the table covered with shining glass jars filled with tomatoes and tomato juice. "It's great," I said, "but does it really pay?" "Of course it does," was her reply. "Then it ought to be possible to prove that it does--even if we take into consideration every cost--the cost of raw materials, the value of the labor put into the work yourself, the fuel, the equipment." "
Flight from the City
Author: Ralph BorsodiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Flight from the city
Author: Flight from the City
Author: Ralph BorsodiPublisher:
ISBN: 9781571794413
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Spiral Bound, Card Stock covers, Acid free paper, Classic Reprint.
Americans Against the City
Author: Steven ConnPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199973660
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
It is a paradox of American life that we are a highly urbanized nation filled with people deeply ambivalent about urban life. In this provocative and sweeping book, historian Steven Conn explores the "anti-urban impulse" across the 20th century and examines how those ideas have shaped the places Americans have lived and worked, and how they have shaped the anti-government politics of the New Right.
The Case for Cities
Author: Vikas MehtaPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040026826
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The fateful year 2020 brought dramatic challenges to American cities. The COVID-19 pandemic and the civil unrest caused by the killing of George Floyd led to a cascade of negative media stories about cities, often politically motivated. It seemed possible that the economic and demographic gains cities had achieved over the last few decades could be lost. In fact, there has been measurable population loss in larger cities caused by changing work/life patterns and changing public perceptions about the costs and benefits of urban living. Faced with these challenges, advocates for cities must make a vigorous case for cities and show how they aren’t the cause of America’s social, environmental, economic, and public health problems but, in fact, are the places where the solutions to those problems will be found. The 38 chapters in The Case for Cities draw on the expertise of contributors from the academic, professional, and civic sectors to explore the creative tension between the two great values on which the vigor of cities depends––that they should be "Cities of Choice" (places where people who have choice want to live) and "Cities of Justice" (places that welcome and support people with limited choices). The book’s underlying perspective is that these two values are symbiotic and that promoting both is what leads to viable, sustainable urban resurgence. This book will be of keen interest to students and practitioners in urban planning, urban design, real estate, architecture, and landscape architecture and to urban advocates and civic leaders.
Challenge
Author: HUD Challenge
Author: United States. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Housing
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Author: