| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 313 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Modern British histories |
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Modern British histories.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: An Experiment in the Art of Living -- I.1 A Note on Archives -- 1 Overview -- 1.1 The American Heiress and the Yorkshire Squire -- 1.2 An Overview of Dartington Hall -- 2 Social and Spiritual Questing -- 2.1 Beyond Christian Orthodoxy -- 2.1.1 The Model of the Medieval Church -- 2.1.2 Eastern Spirituality -- 2.1.3 The Generating Cell -- 2.1.4 Purposive Social Science -- 2.2 The Therapeutic Ethos and the Social Scientific State |
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3 Education for Change -- 3.1 Inspiration -- 3.2 Community-Minded Beginnings, 1926-1931 -- 3.3 Years of Crisis, 1928-1931 -- 3.4 Beyond Dartington School: Continuing and State Education -- 3.5 W. B. Curry's 'Modern School', 1931-1945 -- 3.5.1 W. B. Curry versus the Estate -- 3.5.2 The New Education Fellowship and Beyond -- 3.6 Into the Future -- 4 Creativity for All -- 4.1 Community-Minded Beginnings -- 4.1.1 Arts and Crafts or Art for Industry? -- 4.2 The 1930s: 'A Great Interrelation Centre' -- 4.2.1 'Arts -- Place of Escape or Share in Community'? |
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4.2.2 Seeking Spiritual Unity: Dorothy's Quest -- 4.2.3 Seeking Spiritual Unity: Uniting the Arts -- 4.2.4 Internationalist and Nationalist Visions -- 4.3 Looking Outwards and Looking Forwards -- 4.3.1 Community Drama in the 1930s -- 4.3.2 Supporting the National Arts: The War Years and After -- 4.3.3 The Arts Enquiry -- 5 Regenerating Rural Life -- 5.1 The Countryside in Context -- 5.2 Scientific Agriculture -- 5.3 Reforming Rural Industry -- 5.4 Social Participation and Social Welfare -- 5.4.1 Self-governing Community or Benevolent Business? -- 5.4.2 Dartington as a 'Mother Village' |
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5.4.3 Experimenting with a Public-Private Rural Regime -- 5.4.4 Political and Economic Planning -- 5.4.5 Dartington as a Land Trust -- 5.4.6 State Planning and Community Development -- Conclusion: The Afterlife of a Utopia -- Bibliography -- Archives -- Newspapers -- Interviews -- Printed Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index |
| Summary |
Tells the compelling story of Dartington Hall - a far-reaching social, cultural and education experiment in Devon in the interwar years |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 09, 2022) |
| Subject |
Elmhirst, Dorothy Payne Whitney Straight.
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Elmhirst, L. K. (Leonard Knight), 1893-1974.
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| SUBJECT |
Elmhirst, L. K. (Leonard Knight), 1893-1974 fast |
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Dartington Hall (Totnes, England) -- History
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Dartington College of Arts -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Dartington College of Arts fast |
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Dartington Hall (Totnes, England) fast |
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Collective settlements -- England -- Totnes -- History
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Utopias -- Great Britain -- History
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Collective settlements
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Utopias
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England -- Totnes
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781009049269 |
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1009049267 |
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9781009058988 |
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1009058983 |
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