... Land Association Cooperation “Back to the Land” H.L. Mencken The Land of Egypt is before you. Have your father and brothers dwell in the best of the land; let them dwell in the land of Goshen. —Genesis 46:6 It has always been the habit of privileged groups to deny the oppressed classes every...

...This chapter briefly describes several Arkansas communes and the back-to-the land movement, especially in the Boston mountains of the Arkansas Ozarks. Three families are discussed with focus on the role of alternative education of children. Another facet explored is how children of the movement...

... of progressives are compared, as well as the power of “back to the land” ideology. The terms “tenant farmer” and “sharecropper” are compared and distinctions drawn. Hoover Herbert Kennedy David M Roosevelt Franklin D Norris George W Agricultural Adjustment Act AAA negative consequences to cotton cultivators...