Showing results for "Community Green" in History

This is the story of Miss White, a woman who lived in the author’s village 80 years ago, a pioneer who realised her ambition to become a farmer during the Second World War, and how she worked to become accepted within this community. Nicola Chester, too, dreamed of becoming a farmer but working with horses was the only path open to her. Was it easier for women to become farmers in the 1940s than it is now?

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 is known around the world as marking the triumph of the West and the fall of communism. However, when we zoom into the neighborhoods surrounding this infamous concrete structure, we see a different story... of radical young people who squatted empty buildings to explore alternatives to capitalism, express queer identities, and claim agency in a time of massive global change. With the help of a dynamic cast of former squatters, punks, and dreamers, Maya Justine Green integrates academic theory and personal narrative to tell a story of what people built for ...