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Brand, Stewart / Editor : The Next Whole Earth Catalog [pictorial Catalogue of Everything You Could Possibly Need in life That is on Earth.. 1970s Naturalist publication]

Pub 1981, Giant Tome, Clean Text

Social Issues / Sociology / Society Studies. Oversized Paperback : soft cover edition in good or better condition, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. Book weighs 6.5 pounds, measures 14.5 x 11 x 2 inches. It is a very large book. About this book / Origin : The title Whole Earth Catalog came from a previous project of Stewart Brand. In 1966, he initiated a public campaign to have NASA release the then-rumored satellite photo of the sphere of Earth as seen from space, the first image of the "Whole Earth." He thought the image might be a powerful symbol, evoking a sense of shared destiny and adaptive strategies from people. The Stanford-educated Brand, a biologist with strong artistic and social interests, believed that there was a groundswell of commitment to thoroughly renovating American industrial society along ecologically and socially just lines, whatever they might prove to be.Function: The WHOLE EARTH CATALOG functions as an evaluation and access device. With it, the user should know better what is worth getting and where and how to do the getting. An item is listed in the CATALOG if it is deemed: 1. Useful as a tool, 2. Relevant to independent education, 3. High quality or low cost, 4. Not already common knowledge, 5. Easily available by mail. CATALOG listings are continually revised according to the experience and suggestions of CATALOG users and staff. Purpose: We are as gods and might as well get good at it. So far, remotely done power and glory as via government, big business, formal education, church has succeeded to the point where gross defects obscure actual gains. In response to this dilemma and to these gains a realm of intimate, personal power is developing power of the individual to conduct his own education, find his own inspiration, shape his own environment, and share his adventure with whoever is interested. Tools that aid this process are sought and promoted by the WHOLE EARTH CATALOG.. Illustr.: Fully Illustrated. Book. Book Condition: Good Clean Cond.. Binding: Soft Cover / Pictorial Binding. Jacket: No Dust Jacket

Brand, Stewart / Editor : The Next Whole Earth Catalog [pictorial Catalogue of Everything You Could Possibly Need in life That is on Earth.. 1970s Naturalist publication]

Pub 1981, Interior Clean and Unmarked

Popular Culture. Oversized Paperback : soft cover edition in good or better condition, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. The Whole Earth Catalog is an American counterculture catalog published by Stewart Brand between 1968 and 1972, and occasionally thereafter, until 1998. Although the WECs listed all sorts of products for sale (clothing, books, tools, machines, seeds things useful for a creative or self-sustainable lifestyle) the Whole Earth Catalogs themselves did not sell any of the products. Instead the vendors and their prices were listed right alongside with the items. This led to a need for the Catalogs to be frequently updated. The Next Whole Earth Catalog ) was published; it was so well received that it was updated. Cover photo: Madagascar & Southern Africa from orbit by Apollo 17; more emphasis on space travel / Excerpts from The Rising Sun Neighborhood Newsletter by Anne Herbert serialized. Ron Jones' account of the Third Wave experiment. This book weighs 6.5 pounds. Requires extra posstage.. Illustr.: Fully Illustrated. Book. Book Condition: Good Clean Cond.. Binding: Oversized / Soft Cover. Jacket: No Dust Jacket

Brand, Stewart / Editor : The Next Whole Earth Catalog [pictorial Catalogue of Everything You Could Possibly Need in life That is on Earth.. 1970s Naturalist publication]

Pub 1981, Clean and Unmarked Text

Social Issues / Sociology / Society Studies. Oversized Giant Paperback : soft cover edition in good or better condition, some slight wear to edges, as normal for age of book. Excellent read. A good book to enjoy and keep on hand. Or would make a great gift for the fan / reader in your life. An amazing plethera of useful and practical knowledge. A guide to all the wonderful things a human needs and wants. Oversized, requires extra postage outside of USA. Book weighs 6.5 pounds.. Illustr.: Fully Illustrated. Book

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