The Fortunes of Permanence: Culture and Anarchy in an Age of Amnesia

by Roger Kimball

Book Overview

"Cultural instructions." Everyone who has handled a package of seedlings has encountered that enigmatic advisory. This much water and that much sun, certain tips about fertilizer, soil, and drainage. Planting one sort of flower nearby keeps the bugs away but proximity to another sort makes bad things happen. Young shoots might need stakes, and watch out for beetles, weeds, and unseasonable frosts. It's a complicated business.

But at least...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1587312565
• ISBN13: 9781587312564
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: St. Augustine's Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"