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  • The Utopians

    Six Attempts to Build the Perfect Society

    de Anna Neima ...
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    'Fascinating and richly documented . . . Few books manage to be so informative and so entertaining.' – Sunday TimesSantiniketan-Sriniketan in India, Dartington Hall in England, Atarashiki Mura in Japan, the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man in France, the Bruderhof in Germany and Trabuco College in America: six experimental communities established in the aftermath of the First World ... Leer más

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  • Gli utopisti

    Sei esperimenti per una società perfetta

    de Anna Neima ...
    Traducido por Bianca Bertola ...
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  • Practical Utopia

    The Many Lives of Dartington Hall

    de Anna Neima ...
    Series series Modern British Histories
    Dartington Hall was a social experiment of kaleidoscopic vitality, set up in Devon in 1925 by a fabulously wealthy American heiress, Dorothy Elmhirst (née Whitney), and her Yorkshire-born husband, Leonard. It quickly achieved international fame with its progressive school, craft production and wide-ranging artistic endeavours. Dartington was a residential community of students, teachers, farmers, ... Leer más

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    The Utopians

    Six Attempts to Build the Perfect Society

    de Anna Neima ...
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