{"product_id":"reconstruction-by-way-of-the-soil-9780648859413","title":"Reconstruction by Way of the Soil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Our agriculture is wrongly based. It is a system largely directed at curing evils which it itself is responsible for. It is the wisdom of the country and the traditional farmers we need now; the wisdom of those who have built up long-lasting agriculture and whose wisdom lies in tradition. They have fashioned it through physical work and close and immediate observation; through the personal intimacy with nature which we have come to associate with the poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn fact, peasant life is poetic, and it is so precisely because of this intimacy. The music, dance and art of peasants are the creative expression of their lives, and as such are characteristic of their environments and the land on which they live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing collective or traditional, as peasant life is, originates from people separated from the soil, as are townfolk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe poems and essays that played a notable part in the country life of the Chinese, the Tibetan art which finds its way into every home, the sylvan setting of Japanese villages, of the Balinese and Burmese, the vocal harmony of Swiss peasants returning from their fields, the reproduction of floral beauty and colour in festive dress of so many countries; these are the product of the poet that lies in every peasant's heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is this intimacy that inspires creativity in the poet, as the Greeks recognized in their choice of word for poet, namely, a 'maker' or creator, and which Dante voiced in the Divine Comedy, when he wrote that the poet was not the disciple of the imagination, but rather one who knows the secrets of nature.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cem\u003eGuy Wrench\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Roman Foods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Roman Family\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoil Erosion in ancient Rome\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarmers and Nomads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContrasting Pictures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBanks for the Soil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Economics of the Soil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe English Peasant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrimitive Farmers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNyasa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTanganyika\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHumanity and the Earth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSind and Egypt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFragmentation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe East and West Indies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe German Colonies: The Mandates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRussia, South Africa, Australia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe United States of America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Kingdom of Agricultural Art in Europe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn Historical Reconstruction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Plan for Action\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Distant Mirror","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50377061466386,"sku":"9780648859413","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9a3f1c4d-c839-486a-bb03-062bb63311cd.jpg?v=1728614989","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/reconstruction-by-way-of-the-soil-9780648859413","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}