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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A fascinating case covered with the wrong focus.,
By kikbradl@pilot.msu.edu (East Lansing, MI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Community Technology (Paperback)
As someone with a great interest in seeing communities like that described in Community Technologies develop, I was dissapointed in Hess' approach to the subject. Much of the book was a Wendell Berry style argument about the need for change in the American lifestyle, though Hess differs from Berry in that he is not as eloquent and thinks more urbanly than Berry. What I hoped for was a detailed account of WHAT happened, HOW they made it happened, and WHY it didn't work. Not nearly enough space was devoted to those issues, so it was difficult to draw my own conclusions.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good idea, poor reception,
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This review is from: Community Technology (Paperback)
I was happy to read of the activities undertaken by this man had some success, but as too typical of such projects - few doing, rest 'riding' on efforts. And while its a rather interesting contrast between free individual efforts undertaken in (free choice) group situations, the book is a potentially inspiring 'guide' of sorts. Not a bad book to hold onto for future reference just in case of collapse and re-start.
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Community Technology by Karl Hess (Paperback - Oct. 1995)
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