Alias Papa
A Life of Fritz Schumacher

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   

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.