Allotment Gardens in England, France, and Germany, 1870-1919
by
Micheline Nilsen, Brooks M. Barnes
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
With antecedents dating back to the Middle Ages, the community garden is more popular than ever as a means of procuring the freshest food possible and instilling community cohesion. But as Micheline Nilsen shows, the small-garden movement, which gained impetus in the nineteenth century as rural workers...