Human Scale Revisited: A New Look at the Classic Case for a Decentralist Future
Author Kirkpatrick Sale
- Publish Date: April 21, 2017
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Category: Business & Economics - Development - Sustainable Development
- Publisher: Chelsea Green
- Trim Size: 6 x 9
- Pages: 408
- US Price: $24.95
- CDN Price: $24.95
- ISBN: 978-1-60358-712-9
Reviews
“Human Scale was once ahead of its time, but this updated edition is just in time. While the mainstream assumes that the worldwide grassroots repudiation of globalization will mean war, racism, and poverty, Kirkpatrick Sale’s classic book shows how true localization can lay the foundation for peace, harmony, and prosperity. This is indispensable reading for anyone who cares about replacing Big Brother with small-scale democracy.”—Michael H. Shuman, author of The Local Economy Solution
“Is it possible to improve a classic? Kirkpatrick Sale has done so with this erudite, provocative, and, ultimately, hopeful exploration of human-scale alternatives to soul-deadening Bigness in agriculture, architecture, business, education, government. . . . You name it, Sale knows it.”—Bill Kauffman, author of Bye-Bye, Miss American Empire and Dispatches from the Muckdog Gazette
"The modern world is dysfunctional because, in part, it is scaled for the convenience of machines and despots and not us…A provocative book with many points to ponder the next time you're caught in traffic or on hold with the insurance claims department."—Kirkus Reviews