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The essential agrarian reader [print and electronic resource] : the future of culture, community, and the land / edited by Norman Wirzba.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2003.Description: xvii, 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0813122856 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 338.1 21
LOC classification:
  • HD1433 .E87 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
Contents: Introduction: Why Agrarianism Matters--Even to Urbanites / Norman Wirzba. PART 1: AGRARIAN PRINCIPLES AND PRIORITIES : 1. The Agrarian Standard / Wendell Berry -- 2. The Resettling of America / Brian Donahue -- 3. The Mind-Set of Agrarianism ... New and Old / Maurice Telleen -- 4. Sustainable Economic Development: Definitions, Principles, Policies / Herman E. Daly -- 5. Placing the Soul: An Agrarian Philosophical Principal / Norman Wirzba. PART 2: ASSESSING OUR SITUATION : 6. The Current State of Agriculture: Does It Have a Future? / Fred Kirschenmann -- 7. Globalization and the War against Farmers and the Land / Vandana Shiva -- 8. The Agrarian Mind: Mere Nostalgia or a Practical Necessity? / Wes Jackson -- 9. All Flesh Is Grass: A Hopeful Look at the Future of Agrarianism / Gene Logsdon -- 10. The Uses of Prophecy / David W. Orr. PART 3: PUTTING AGRARIANISM TO WORK : 11. Country and City: The Common Vision of Agrarians and New Urbanists / Benjamin E. Northrup and Benjamin J. Bruxvoort Lipscomb -- 12. New Agrarians: Local Innovators / Susan Witt -- 13. The Legal and Legislative Front: The Fight Against Industrial Agriculture / Hank Graddy -- 14. Private Property Rights in Land: An Agrarian View / Eric T. Freyfogle -- 15. Going to Work / Wendell Berry.
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Book Book NMC Library Stacks HD1433 .E87 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039000728534

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-269) and index.

Contents: Introduction: Why Agrarianism Matters--Even to Urbanites / Norman Wirzba. PART 1: AGRARIAN PRINCIPLES AND PRIORITIES : 1. The Agrarian Standard / Wendell Berry -- 2. The Resettling of America / Brian Donahue -- 3. The Mind-Set of Agrarianism ... New and Old / Maurice Telleen -- 4. Sustainable Economic Development: Definitions, Principles, Policies / Herman E. Daly -- 5. Placing the Soul: An Agrarian Philosophical Principal / Norman Wirzba. PART 2: ASSESSING OUR SITUATION : 6. The Current State of Agriculture: Does It Have a Future? / Fred Kirschenmann -- 7. Globalization and the War against Farmers and the Land / Vandana Shiva -- 8. The Agrarian Mind: Mere Nostalgia or a Practical Necessity? / Wes Jackson -- 9. All Flesh Is Grass: A Hopeful Look at the Future of Agrarianism / Gene Logsdon -- 10. The Uses of Prophecy / David W. Orr. PART 3: PUTTING AGRARIANISM TO WORK : 11. Country and City: The Common Vision of Agrarians and New Urbanists / Benjamin E. Northrup and Benjamin J. Bruxvoort Lipscomb -- 12. New Agrarians: Local Innovators / Susan Witt -- 13. The Legal and Legislative Front: The Fight Against Industrial Agriculture / Hank Graddy -- 14. Private Property Rights in Land: An Agrarian View / Eric T. Freyfogle -- 15. Going to Work / Wendell Berry.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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