Culture Gap

Judith Plant

Description

The pervasive, and intriguing, stories surrounding the mysterious Camelsfoot Commune in the Yalakom valley, BC, Canada.

• Previously untold story of a mysterious commune in the remote Yalakom Valley, north of Lillooet, BC, Canada
• Centered around a brilliant and charismatic Simon FraserUniversity professor manqué, Fred Brown
• A candid account of one family's experience of going back-to-the-land
• Author is acting Publisher of well-known activist book publishers, New Society Publishers
• An absorbing account of a lifestyle emblematic of a time, Culture Gap depicts a young mother's struggle to reconcile her social ideals of personal and environmental responsibility with the practicalities of loving and caring for those closest to her
• As a new generation searches for meaning, this story of lived experience provides intrigue and valuable lessons learned

Prologue: The Trail
Chapter One: We Take the Plunge (and the Trail)
Chapter Two: Our Courage Did Not Quail
Chapter Three: How Do We Decide What to Do?
Chapter Four: Camelsfoot Meets Eaglestarr
Chapter Five: Big Food, Big Issues
Chapter Six: The First Winter
Chapter Seven: Work Hard, Play Hard, Learn Lots
Chapter Eight: A Hard Lesson, and Real Love
Chapter Nine: Power Outside and In...
Chapter Ten: We Lose Fred...Forever
Epilogue: Another World is Possible

Acknowledgements
Rights Page

Sujets

• Cancer
• Challenges
• Parent
• Children
• British Columbia
• Social sciences
• Memoir
• Samuel Adams (beer)
• Social theory
• Sociology
• Canadá
• Adventures
• Utopías
• POLITICAL SCIENCE

Informations

• Publié par: New Society Publishers
• Date de parution: 15 avril 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781897408216
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 449 Mo

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