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020 _a9781845203092
082 _a745.501
_bRAC
100 _aRacz, Imogen
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245 _aContemporary crafts
260 _c2009
_bBerg
_aNew York
300 _aix,182p.
500 _aCONTENT List of Illustrations vi Acknowledgements viii Introduction 1 1 Contemporary Crafts and Cultural Myths 6 2 Contemporary Arts and Crafts Makers in Rural England 20 3 The Artisan Tradition in Rural America: Western Massachusetts Case Study 36 4 Critique and Embodiment in Rural England 50 5 Material, Space and Place in America 65 6 Urban Crafts in America 81 7 Urban Crafts in England 94 8 Crafts in the Environment: Philadelphia Case Study 108 9 Crafts in the Environment: Birmingham and Grizedale Forest Case Studies 122 Afterword 135 Notes 137 Select Bibliography 159 Index 174
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