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Alex Langlands

    Alex Langlands es un arqueólogo e historiador británico, también conocido por su trabajo como presentador de series documentales educativas en la televisión británica.

    Slow Tech
    Victorian Farm
    • Victorian Farm

      • 304 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      No electricity, no gas, no flushing toilet, and no tractor! Could you survive a year on a Victorian farm? In this fascinating time-traveling experiment a team of historians spend a year recreating farm life in 1885. Accompanying the television series, this book follows the team as they try to run a farm using only materials and resources that would have been available to them in the Victorian era. This was a crucial period in the history of Britain--rapid industrialization had radically changed life in the cites but rural communities used a mixture of centuries-old and pioneering modern practices. Packed with informative text and photographs from the farm year, this book reveals exactly what the Victorians ate and wore and how they managed their animals, farmed the land, and organized their lives. Providing a real insight into life on a Victorian farm, this series is also a fascinating reminder of how history comes full circle. The organic diet of 1885, use of natural products for cleaning and healthcare, and interests in crafts and gardening are of increasing relevance today as we look for a more responsible way of living over 120 years later.

      Victorian Farm
    • Slow Tech

      • 154 páginas
      • 6 horas de lectura

      Highly readable and hugely practical this book is a valuable guide to creating something useful as you discover the art of slow technology. Create steam, weave cloth, purify water, make salt, bake bread, distil perfume, dye cloth, puddle clay and in doing so reconnect with your own practical and creative abilities.

      Slow Tech