Hard to imagine now, but there have been times and places where just wearing sandals could get you labeled as being in rebellion against established society. Two such places were Berkeley, California in the early 1960s and Millthorpe, England in the 1880s. Millthorpe was home to Edward Carpenter (1844-1929), an English socialist poet, philosopher, and activist who abandoned his upper crust life and university sinecure to grow market vegetables and handcraft sandals for a living. Carpenter’s search for the well-lived life, his passions and concerns resonate uncannily with the mood of long ago Berkeley. In this frank memoir, Carpenter explores how he “escaped from the domination of Civilization in its two most fatal and much-detested forms, respectability and cheap intellectualism.” - Summary by Sue Anderson
Preface; Brighton, Part 1Brighton, Part 2My ParentsCambridge, Part 1Cambridge, Part 2University Extension and Northern TownsBradway amd Towards DemocracyManual Work and Market-GardeningSheffield and Socialism; Addendum to Ch. VIITrade and PhilosophyMillthorpe and Household Life, Part 1Millthorpe and Household Life, Part 2Millthorpiana, Part 1Millthorpiana, Part 2The Story of My Books, Part 1The Story of My Books, Part 2Personalities - I, Part 1Personalities - I, Part 2Personalities - II, Part 1Personalities - II, Part 2London and LecturesTranslations and TranslatorsRural ConditionsHow the World Looks at Seventy
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