A sympathetic biography of the author of "Small is Beautiful"and pioneering environmentalist, by his eldest daughter Barbara Wood, and with a foreword by Robert McCrum.
Foreword by Robert McCrum
Prologue
1 Grown in German Soil
2 First Taste of England
3 Oxford
4 In New York One Walks on Air
5 Hitler
6 Muschi
7 London
8 A Change in Lifestyles
9 World Improvement Plans
10 Marx v. God
11 Oxford Again
12 Seeds of Change
13 An Englishman in Germany
14 The Final Break
15 Caterham
16 Learning How to Think
17 The Breakthrough
18 ‘I am a Buddhist’
19 The National Coal Board
20 Year of Crisis
21 A Fruitful Partnership
22 Small Talk
23 Travel and Challenge
24 ‘Retirement’
25 Public Property
Notes
“This is a sweet biography of a great man, written by his eldest daughter. It is an enjoyable read.”
- Reforesting Scotland - Autumn/Winter 2011
Barbara Wood, Schumacher’s eldest daughter, is a writer with a background in economics, history and theology. She has worked for the Intermediate Technology Development Group (founded by her father) and the Voluntary Services Overseas Assocation.