Talk:Back to the land

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I'm slightly unsure as to whether this belongs in Social Movements or simply Movements...

Seems to me it was a Social movement. Sunray 05:56, 2005 May 21 (UTC)

This article seems a little too North America-centric ; similar movements went on in other western countries. While the English language Wikipedia will obviously put emphasis on English-speaking countries, the article could use some more information on "back to the land" movements elsewhere. Surprisingly, there is nothing about such movements in the UK and Australia, let alone other developed nations.

Well, if there are other similar movements in other places to be covered, I'd suggest they be added rather than blended. The heading for the "recent North American instance" could be kept, with the info intact. Other instances could be added, with their own headings. This has been done with some other articles; for instance, I clicked on the link for the "Counterculture" article when I was in the Back to the Land article, and noticed that that was how it has been handled in that article. More info, rather than synthesis or condensation is good - because, remember, almost all Wikipedia articles are short by the usual encyclopedia standards. No reason to make them shorter and less filled with info.

Back-to-the-Land started in the 1900s, following the Populist movement in the U.S. Cf. "Back to Nature" book.