''Fields, Factories, and Workshops'' is an 1899 book by Russian
anarchist Peter Kropotkin
Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (9 December 1842 – 8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist and geographer known as a proponent of anarchist communism.
Born into an aristocratic land-owning family, Kropotkin attended the Page Corps and later s ...
that discusses the
decentralization of industries, possibilities of
agriculture
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...
, and uses of small industries.
Before the book, Kropotkin had been known for his militant activity in behalf of international anarchism and writings on Siberian geography. Through the book, he sought to connect anarchism with science, based on sociological tendencies. The book was compiled from essays he had published in ''Nineteenth Century'' and ''Forum'' between 1888 and 1890. The book was first published in 1899 by Houghton-Mifflin (Boston) and Hutchinson (London) to favorable reviews among Britons. It has since been republished in multiple editions:
Swan Sonnenschein (London) and Putnam (New York) in 1901, 1904, 1907, 1909, and Nelson (London) and Putnam (New York) in 1913 and 1919. Reproductions of the first and second editions appeared in 1968. A later edition, edited by
Colin Ward for
Harper & Row, released in 1974 with more contemporary illustrations as ''Fields, Factories and Workshops Tomorrow''.
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List of books about anarchism
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External links
Fields, Factories and Workshopsat the
Internet Archive
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Fields, Factories and Workshops, or Industry Combined with Agriculture and Brain Work with Manual Work
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1899 non-fiction books
Works by Peter Kropotkin
Books about anarchism
Houghton Mifflin books
English-language non-fiction books