The Agrarian Roots of Pragmatism: The Failure of Long-Term Care

Critically analyzes and revitalizes agrarian philosophy by tracing its evolution.

Today, most historians, philosophers, political theorists, and scholars of rural America take a dim view of the agrarian ideal that farmers and farming occupy a special moral and political status in society. Agrarian rhetoric is generally seen as special pleading on the part of farmers seeking protection from labor reform and environmental regulation while...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826513395
• ISBN13: 9780826513397
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"