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Author:
Thompson, Paul B., 1951-
Title:
The agrarian vision : sustainability and environmental ethics / Paul B. Thompson.
Publisher:
University Press of Kentucky,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
xi, 323 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Sustainable agriculture--United States.
Environmental ethics--United States.
Agriculture and state--United States
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Sustainability and environmental philosophy -- The philosophy of farming in America -- Political values and the future of U.S. agriculture -- The moral significance of land: a lesson from The grapes of wrath -- Farming as a focal practice -- Food and community -- Why philosophy matters for agricultural policy; why agricultural policy matters for sustainability -- Sustainability and the social goals of agriculture -- The road to sustainability -- Sustainability as a norm -- Sustainability: what it is and what it is not -- Sustainability, social movements, and hope.
Series:
Culture of the land
ISBN:
0813125871 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813125879 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)460059252
LCCN:
2010007781
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

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