Rolf Gardiner: Folk, Nature and Culture in Interwar Britain

A controversial figure of the interwar period, with an enthusiasm for hiking, nudism, folk dancing and voluntary labour camps, Rolf Gardiner, organic farming pioneer and co-founder of the Soil Association, believed in ever closer union with Britain's 'kin folk, kin tongued' neighbours in Germany, The Netherlands and Scandinavia. Whilst Gardiner's a

List of contents

Introduction, Matthew Jefferies, Mike Tyldesley; Chapter 1 Rolf Gardiner: Pioneer of British Youth Culture, 1920-1939, David Fowler; Chapter 2 Rolf Gardiner and German Naturism, Matthew Jefferies; Chapter 3 'Potencies of the earth': Rolf Gardiner and the English Folk Dance Revival, Georgina Boyes; Chapter 4 Rolf Gardiner, Farming and the English Landscape, Richard Moore-Colyer; Chapter 5 Rolf Gardiner and Pacifism: The Case of Max Plowman, Mike Tyldesley; Chapter 6 The Dangers of Definition: Post-Facto Opinions on Rolf Gardiner's Attitudes towards Nazi Germany; Chapter 7 Rolf Gardiner: An Honorary Nazi?, Dan Stone; Chapter 8 Epilogue, Matthew Jefferies, Mike Tyldesley;

About the author

Matthew Jefferies is Professor of German History at the University of Manchester and has published widely on nineteenth and twentieth-century German history. Mike Tyldesley is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University. His book No Heavenly Delusion? (Liverpool University Press, 2003) is a study of three contemporary movements of communal living with roots in the German Youth Movement.

Summary

A controversial figure of the interwar period, with an enthusiasm for hiking, nudism, folk dancing and voluntary labour camps, Rolf Gardiner, organic farming pioneer and co-founder of the Soil Association, believed in ever closer union with Britain's 'kin folk, kin tongued' neighbours in Germany, The Netherlands and Scandinavia. Whilst Gardiner's a

Product details

• Authors: Mike Tyldesley, Tyldesley Mike
• Assisted by: Matthew Jefferies (Editor), Jefferies Matthew (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032927879
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92787-9
• No. of pages: 202
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; European History, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, HISTORY / Europe / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Social & political philosophy, c 1500 onwards to present day, social and political philosophy, British & Irish history, Archaeology, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Language: reference & general, Social and cultural history, Language: reference and general, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards