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A movement in late Victorian England that
emphasized traditional values and rural
living as a reaction against industrialism
and urban society. For some, this meant
moving from city to country and becoming
self-supporting; for example, by growing
their own food. For others, their
participation was limited to encouraging a
rebirth of rural crafts and traditions, such
as lacemaking, quilting, and folk music.
Movements loosely associated with back to the
land include vegetarianism, the garden city
idea, and conservation societies such as the
National Trust that set out to preserve
`unspoilt' features of the countryside. In
the 1960s-80s many Americans took up this
movement, some forming communes.