Richard fairfield (16 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The definitive exploration of the alternative communities that redefined progressive culture in the 1970s. Fairfield spent the better part of a decade visiting and reporting on communes of all types to create an intimate and fascinating view into communal living. This expansively illustrated compilation visits the notorious Drop City, John Sinclair's Translove Energies in Detroit, Stephen Gaskin's farm and dozens of other alternative communities across the US.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The definitive exploration of the alternative communities that redefined progressive culture in the 1970s. Fairfield spent the better part of a decade visiting and reporting on communes of all types to create an intimate and fascinating view into communal living. This expansively illustrated compilation visits the notorious Drop City, John Sinclair's Translove Energies in Detroit, Stephen Gaskin's farm and dozens of other alternative communities across the US.…

paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

Softbound. Zustand: Very Good. Small octavo, paper covers, x, 405 pp.,b/w photos.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 300 pages. 8.80x6.10x0.90 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. pp. 300.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: New. 2010. Illustrated. Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Back to the Land. Urban communes. Sustainable cooperatives. Thirty years ago, alternative communities swept the nation. Today, with sustainability, peak oil and retirement concerns, people of all ages are reviving and expanding notions of cooperative living as new communities form and thrive.The Modern Utopian is the definitive exploration of the alternative communities that fascinated a nation and redefined progressive culture in the '60s and '70s, documented by those who knew it and lived it. This photo-illustrated compilation of articles visits the fabled Drop City, Morningstar Ranch, Timothy Leary at Millbrook, Detroit's Translove Energies, the still-thriving Twin Oaks and Stephen Gaskin's Farm, and dozens of other across the nation.An afterword by author Timothy Miller (Religious Movements in the United States) reveals how several hundred intentional communities now span the USA and more form every year.Global warming . . . recession . . . peak oil . . . data smog . . . by necessity and by choice, thousands of people are once again being drawn toward collective living, this time empowered by the successes and failures of the past.Contributions include writings by Alan Watts, Nick Tosches, and The Underground Press Syndicate.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorRichard Fairfield is author of the Penguin book Communes USA (1972). Fairfield self-published dozens of magazines in the 70s, documenting experimental community groups across the country.

83 pp.; 20.3 x 13.7 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; Survey of young artists of the school of New York edited and with an introduction by B.H. Friedman. Contents include: "Helen Frankenthaler," by B.H. Friedman; "Robert Goodnough," by Barbara Guest; "Grace Hartigan," by Emily Dennis; "Jasper Johns," by Ben Heller; "Alfred Leslie," by James Schuyler; "Joan Mitchell," by Irving Sandler; "Raymond Parker," by Bill Godden; "Robert Rauschenberg," by David Harrison Myers; "Larry Rivers," by Frank O'Hara; "Jon Schueler," by Alastair Reid and "Richard Stankiewicz," by Fairfield Porter. Additional contributions by Walter Silver and Sonya Rudikoff. Includes biographical notes and photographic credits. Good. Rubbing and yellowing of covers with light edgewear and yellow soiling to top edge of recto. Light scratching of covers and rubbing of spine. Contents clean and unmarked.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. San Francisco: Alternatives Foundation, 1971. First edition. 4to. Perfect-bound in photo-illustrated wraps. 195pp.; illus. Light soiling and toning to wraps; hinge and corner wear. Very good: clean and with no creasing to spine; binding strong and secure. One of five book-length volumes in Richard Fairfield's iconic Modern Utopian series, which broke ground in surveying American and international communes of the hippie era. This issue focused on various impetuses and goals of the (American) communal movement. Articles, many reprinted from other sources, including the Modern Utopian periodical, are organized in such categories as "The Vision," "The Love Revolution," "Cosmic Consciousness," Free Schools," etc. With also a section of book reviews, several bibliographies (including a Baba Ram Dass reading list), and an extensive list of free schools in America. Uncommon in the trade. …

Softcover. Zustand: VG+. First Edition. 4to. 240pp. Printed wraps as issued. Numerous Black & White plates. Text in English. Overview of communes in the USA from Hip Psychedelic ones to Group Marriage ones (their words not mine). Has Tolstoy, Morning Star, Drop CIty, Lama Foundation and many lesser known ones, with interviews, ideas and the rest.…

Softcover. Zustand: VG+. First Edition. 4to. 232pp. Printed wraps as issued. Numerous Black & White plates. Text in English. The fifth volume of Fairfield's series. Overview of Utopians in the USA - from back to land movements to communes, womens lib groups and socialists. Basically over 200 pages of people looking for brighter days, which is something that's never irrelevant.…

Softcover. Zustand: VG+. First Edition. 4to. 240pp. Printed wraps as issued. Numerous Black & White plates. Text in English. Exhaustive overview of communes in the UK and mainland Europe, who's involves, what they are trying to do, and how it's working.