Land The Case for an Agrarian Economy

• Main Authors: Ransom, John Crowe, Peters, Jason, Collier, Jay T.
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Notre Dame, Ind University of Notre Dame Press 2017
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: 1929; 20th century; Agrargeschichte; Agriculture; Agriculture > Economic aspects > Southern States > History > 20th century; American Studies; Depressions; Depressions > 1929 > Southern States; Economic aspects; Economics; HISTORY; Landwirtschaftliche Entwicklung; Public Policy & Administration; South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV); Southern States; State & Local; United States; USA (Südstaaten); Wirtschaftskrise
• ISBN: 0268101930; 9780268101930; 0268101965; 9780268101961

The accomplished poet and scholar John Crowe Ransom made profound contributions to twentieth-century American literature. As a teacher at Vanderbilt University he was also a leading member of the Southern Agrarian movement and a contributor to the movement's manifestoI'll Take My Stand. Ra...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter Table of Contents EDITOR’S NOTE INTRODUCTION PREFACE Chapter 1: HOMELESS PEOPLE AND VACANT LAND Chapter 2: THE EXCESS OF CAPITAL Chapter 3: SOME PROPOSED EXTINGUISHERS Chapter 4: THE AMPHIBIAN FARMER Appendix: Back Matter
• Cover Title Page, Copyright CONTENTS Editor’s Note Introduction. It All Turns on Sentiment: John Crowe Ransom, Aesthetics, and Agrarian Economics Land! The Case for an Agrarian Economy Preface Chapter 1. Homeless People and Vacant Land Chapter 2. The Excess of Capital Chapter 3. Some Proposed Extinguishers Chapter 4. The Amphibian Farmer Appendix: The State and the Land About the Authors
• Cover -- LAND! -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Editor's Note -- Introduction It All Turns on Sentiment: John Crowe Ransom, Aesthetics, and Agrarian Economics -- Land! The Case for an Agrarian Economy -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Homeless People and Vacant Land -- Chapter 2. The Excess of Capital -- Chapter 3. Some Proposed Extinguishers -- Chapter 4. The Amphibian Farmer -- Appendix: The State and the Land