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Sherman Library	GN575 .L256 2018		AVAILABLE

Author	Langlands, Alex, author.
Title	Cr�ft : an inquiry into the origins and true meaning of traditional crafts / Alexander Langlands.
Edition	First American edition.
OCLC	988281164
ISBN	9780393635904
	0393635902
ISBN/ISSN	40027800983
Publisher	New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.
	�2017.
Description	344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
	occ Occupation/field of activity: Medievalists lcdgt
	occ Occupation/field of activity: Archaeologists lcdgt
	occ Occupation/field of activity: University and college faculty members lcdgt
	nat National/regional: Welsh lcdgt
LC Subject heading/s	Material culture -- Europe -- History.
	Artisans -- Europe -- History.
	Handicraft industries -- Europe -- History.
	Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Europe.
Other Subject heading/s	CRAFTS & HOBBIES.
	HISTORY -- Europe.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
	Handicraft industries -- Europe -- History.
	Material culture -- Europe -- History.
	Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Europe.
	Artisans -- Europe -- History.
Other Genre heading/s	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Contents	Foreword: The strimmer and the scythe -- Preface: Why cr�ft? -- Defining cr�ft -- Making hay -- Sticks and stones -- Grenja�arsta�ur -- The skep-making beekeeper -- Taming the wilds -- Weft and warp -- Under thatch -- The shoe and the harness -- Seed and sward -- The oxna mere -- Fire and earth -- The craft of digging -- Baskets and boats -- Postscript: Cr�ft and contemplation.
Summary	The Old English word "craeft" signified knowledge, skill, wisdom, and resourcefulness. Today, in the wake of industrialization, people are again seeking products made with authenticity -- artisan breads, local honey, craft beers, furniture and other goods made by human hands. Archaeologist and medieval historian Alexander Langlands travels from his home in Wales along the Atlantic seaboard of Europe learning a wide range of traditional manual skills, and searching for the lost meaning of craeft.
Bibliography	Foreword: The strimmer and the scythe -- Preface: Why cr�ft? -- Defining cr�ft -- Making hay -- Sticks and stones -- Grenja�arsta�ur -- The skep-making beekeeper -- Taming the wilds -- Weft and warp -- Under thatch -- The shoe and the harness -- Seed and sward -- The oxna mere -- Fire and earth -- The craft of digging -- Baskets and boats -- Postscript: Cr�ft and contemplation.
General note	First published in 2017 by Faber and Faber Ltd under the title "Cr�ft : how traditional crafts are about more than just making."

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