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The life of Jorian Jenks (1899-1963) has great potential to upset settled assumptions. Why did a sensitive and intelligent man from a liberal family become a fascist? How did a Blackshirt go green? The son of an eminent academic, from his childhood onwards Jenks instead longed to farm. Lacking the means to do so, he worked as a farm bailiff and then, in New Zealand, as a government agricultural instructor. Finally, a legacy permitted him to come home and become a tenant farmer. Struggling to survive in the economic depression of the 1930s, he became an author and activist for rural reconstruction. Then, having lost faith in the established parties, he joined the British Union of Fascists. Becoming one of the Blackshirts' leading figures, he was imprisoned without trial during the war. On his release, Jenks returned to the struggle, this time in the cause of ecology, becoming a pioneer of today's organic movement and a founder of the Soil Association. This book draws on an extensive range of sources, a large proportion of which were previously unseen by historians. For the first time, it portrays the private and public life of this unusual man, revealing many hitherto un-glimpsed facets of Jenks' life.Product Identifiers
PublisherTaylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-139781138124349
eBay Product ID (ePID)221151330
Product Key Features
Book TitleFarming, Fascism and Ecology: a Life of Jorian Jenks
Book SeriesRoutledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
Publication Year2016
TypeTextbook
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
AuthorPhilip M. Coupland
GenreBiographies & True Stories
TopicPopular Philosophy, Business
Number of Pages304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight612 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorPhilip M. Coupland
Topic AreaPolitical Science