Agrarianism

politically conservative survivalists (2006, p.185). The question of when the homestead movement began is also visited by some of the authors. It is also pointed out that the homesteading movement began before the counter culture movement of the sixties. Wilbur believes that the lineage started with ideals traced to Thomas Jefferson and his equation of the self-reliant family homestead with happiness and strong individual rights (2013, p.150). while Campbell, whose article focuses on the Ozarks asserts that homesteading began in the eighteen century, before the Homestead Act. Jeffrey Jacob states in his book, New Pioneers: The Back-to-the-Land Movement and the Search for a Sustainable Future, that homesteading “is part of classic American Agrarianism and has philosophical roots in a rhetorical tradition that connects the though that of Thomas Jefferson to Henry David Thoreau and then to the contemporary poet, novelist, and professor Wendell Berry” (1997, pg.6). Informational Needs of Homesteader “Homesteaders have much more information at their disposal to apply to self sufficient living, and they utilize sources and networks to gather information about gardening, farming, energy production and other aspects of postmodern homesteading.” (Campbell, p.163). Jacob, Gould, Housel, and Campbell refer to the homesteaders use of magazines such as Mother Earth News and Countryside as well as blogs, and autobiographies to learn traditional agrarian skills. Smith states in her…

The beliefs and values embraced by Thomas Jefferson in his Letter to James Madison can be seen by some as archaic and insensible to a growing society. Although America’s values on the basis of economy and society have shifted somewhat, a few of his ideas can still be interwoven into how America regards itself. Another writing of Jefferson’s will be referenced in the course of this essay, since it has a clearer sense of why Jefferson felt the way he did about agrarian societies. This writing is…

In the book Earth Abides, by George R. Stewart, there are various examples where kinship can be seen as the main integrating force. Following the main character, Isherwood Williams, through his journey to salvation, kinship emerges as the first institution after the great disaster. Towards the end of chapter 6, when Ish meets Em, the kinship institution informally begins. As these two begin to develop a new generation, starting with their two first two kids, John and Mary, and start including…

The American South is a region with a unique culture and history. This region became home to many cultures in the early colonial period. Before the colonial period, the first settlers were the Native Americans. For hundreds of years the tribes of the American South made this region their home. They spread their culture throughout and made an influence on the first European settlers. The first permanent English colony in the American South was the settlement of Jamestown in 1607. Jamestown was…

Before the industrial time period American society was based off of agrarian aspects of life and everybody lived off their land and America's economy grew from trading goods and gaining wealth from other countries. The standard of living during the time of Agrarianism was based off of a person's farm and how hard the man worked to make a buck, unless he used slaves.Because of the invention of motors and the need for mass production due to wars, the industrial revolution changed American society…

When thinking of pairing something as influential as As I Lay Dying with another great American work of literature, the task could be achieved in a variety of different ways and assembled in several different themes. The themes of love, loss, betrayal and redemption are rampant throughout the entire scope of American literature of this time period; but if one were to choose two things to combine and contrast, it would be the wisest decision to choose agrarianism and the Southern Renaissance, on…

involvement with The Fugitive, these three members of the Vanderbilt community became outsiders in the eyes of the institutional administration. After touching on the circumstances that led to the dissolution of the Fugitive group, attention will then be oriented toward how these three men gradually developed a reactionary political stance against the New South. We will trace the origins of this political ideology and cover the gradual process of publishing I’ll Take My Stand, the book that…

Throughout Thomas Jefferson's entire political career, he focused on the states having more power than the government. He was a major critic of Federalist policies and was a strong supporter of anti-federalists. However, after he became president in 1801, Jefferson began adopting these Federalist policies. He held the agrarian belief that agriculture was the superior way of life, but his actions demonstrated that he wanted federalist policies. Although Thomas Jefferson upheld agrarianism beliefs…

This paper will cover three members of the Southern Agrarians, -- John Crowe Ransom, Donald Davidson, and Allen Tate. We will explore their involvement in the Fugitive circle, which was an off-campus social club that eventually published a literary journal called The Fugitive. We will then shift our attention to the formation of the Symposium on Southern Heritage, which became known as Southern Agrarianism. The paper will provide historical context to the ideas of these men by exploring the…

Kierra Crenshaw After the War of 1812, during the Era of Good Feelings, national unity was heavily encouraged within America. James Monroe, elected President of the United States in 1816, agreed to this idea, resulting in the creation of the American System. Often identified with Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the American System was a program of national economic development. In the past, under the presidency of Jefferson, the United States was revolved around…