The phrase "back-to-the-land movement" refers to a North American social phenomenon of the 1960s and 1970s. This particular back-to-the-land movement was a migration from cities to rural areas that took place in the United States, its greatest vigor being before the mid '70s. A recurring pattern The American poet Gary Snyder has related in a published interview that there've been back-to-the-land population movements down through the centuries. These have happened in different parts of the world… (More on Back-to-the-land)