Far Out! by Christopher Murphy
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Description The 1960s was a period of radical social change. Many young people rejected the politics and values of the day and decided to "drop out" and migrate to the country. The desire for an independent rural life on the land took many of them to the ...
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The 1960s was a period of radical social change. Many young people rejected the politics and values of the day and decided to "drop out" and migrate to the country. The desire for an independent rural life on the land took many of them to the province of Nova Scotia. To the "back-to-the-landers," its "far-out" location, unspoiled countryside, cheap land and helpful neighbours provided the opportunity to build a self-sufficient life. Inexperienced and unprepared, many eventually left, but some were able to adjust and build satisfying lives while contributing to their communities. Like most immigrants they brought with them new ideas and practices such as alternative energy, organic gardening, health foods, environmentalism, creative arts and crafts and new enterprises. In return their neighbors shared their traditional culture, history and knowledge.Author and sociologist Chris Murphy uses personal experience, oral history and the photography and art of his brother Peter Murphy and partner Anna Syperek to write this missing chapter of Nova Scotian history. This unusual migration story is a timely one for today's new generation of rural migrants and homesteaders and serves as a nostalgic re ection for those who lived through the transformative "Sixties".
Author Biography
Christopher Murphy ( PhD) moved to Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1959 where he remains connected to an extensive network of family and friends. He has a BA from St. Francis Xavier University (1967), an MA from Dalhousie University (1972) and a PhD ( Sociology) from the University of Toronto (1985). He taught school in Jamaica with CUSO, was a Development Officer in Springhill Penitentiary, a Policy Researcher in Ottawa with the Federal Government and a Professor of Sociology at Dalhousie University and the University of King's College from 1982 until 2018. He's an indiscriminate music lover and reader, traveler, a late life curler and bad-tempered golfer who enjoys the occasional single malt and cigar. He lives in Halifax with his wife JoAnn MacKinnon and they have three adult children, Brendan, Nicola, Conor and a faithful old dog called Buster.
Details ISBN 1038307902 ISBN-13 9781038307903 Title Far Out! Author Christopher Murphy Format Hardcover Year 2024 Pages 192 Publisher FriesenPress GE_Item_ID:161337631; About Us
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