{"product_id":"fields-factories-and-workshops-peter-kropotkin-9781895431384","title":"Fields, Factories and Workshops","description":"Introduction by George Woodcock \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It would not be an exaggeration to describe this book as the central work of Kropotkin's writing career. In one way or another, it occupied more than twenty years of his life. It is a work of argument and suggestion rather than dogmatic statement, and the very tentativeness of this great book make its perceptions all the more relevant. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With at one time Kropotkin's view of our future might have been regarded as a Utopian dream, today, as a result of the growing realization that the world's resources of energy and raw materials are finite, that food is our most precious commodity and that people's working lives are futile and stultifying, the lessons of this book, for both the rich world and the poor, are topical and hopeful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In addition to a general introduction to the most significant aspects of Kropotkin's life and thought, George Woodcock has prepared a comprehensive afterword to each essay, allowing the reader to fully see Kropotkin's ideas in the context of the world a century later. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Is the 9th volume of the The Collected Works of Peter Kropotkin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Table of contents \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Editor's Introduction \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Preface to the Second Edition \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Preface to the First Edition \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chapter 1 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Decentralization of Industries \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Editor's Afterword to Chapter 1 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chapter 2 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Possibilities of Agriculture \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Editor's Afterword to Chapter 2 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chapter 3 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Small Industries and Industrial Villages \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Editor's Afterword to Chapter 3 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chapter 4 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brain Work and Manual Work \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Editor's Afterword to Chapter 4 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chapter 5 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Conclusion \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Editor's Epilogue \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1994: 255 pages, index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Kropotkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1895431387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781895431384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Rose Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Peter Kropotkin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939095740671,"sku":"9781895431384","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c7b0ab93-5aa5-4e1a-beca-02dc4c153b57.jpg?v=1681439470","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fields-factories-and-workshops-peter-kropotkin-9781895431384","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}