First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The development of Bertrand Russell's philosophy (Muirhead library of philosophy)

Jager, Ronald

Humanities Press

The Development of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy (Muirhead Library of Philosophy)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Routledge

Recounts the experiences of growing up on a Michigan farm in the 1940's, and the forces that were to change this way of life forever

Eighty Acres Elegy for a Family Farm

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Beacon Pr

Eighty Acres (The Concord Library Series)

History

Americas

A celebration of the past and its links with the present chronicles the reclaiming of an abandoned eighteenth-century farmhouse in New Hampshire, as the house's history is uncovered and the connections between the routines of past and present become clear.

Last House on the Road: Excursions into a Rural Past (The Concord Library)

Literature & Fiction

The author describes his experiences living in rural New Hampshire and restoring an old farmhouse, whose builder was a Revolutionary War soldier

Last House on the Road: Excursions into a Rural Past

Accomplishing the nearly impossible, Ronald and Grace Jager have distilled more tan three and a half centuries of history into a concentrated yet refreshing essence. Taking as their subject the whole of New Hamshire's development, from the days of the Penacooks to our own, the finished product is far more than a mere condensation of historical data. They have captured the character and substance of New Hampshire's people, not just their deeds, with thematic threads that weave together the experience of generations.The story falls into four parts which the authors explain, "best accommodate the historical experience of the state": these are natural, political, economic and cultural history. The fifth part of the book presents the histories of many of New Hampshire's leading businesses and other organizations.There are more than 300 half-tone and color plates.

New Hampshire: An Illustrated History of the Granite State

Travel

Windsor Pubns

The Development of Bertrand Russell's Philosophy

The Fate of Family Farming employs a hands-on approach, with much local New England detail, in its exploration of the history and future of American family farming as an idea and as an ongoing way of life. Early chapters situate family farming within American history, beginning with Jamestown and Plymouth, continuing with Jefferson and Emerson and others, and including the technological transformations during the twentieth century. An extended chapter deals with the idea of "agrarianism," and considers in detail the work of Louis Bromfield, Victor Hanson, and Wendell Berry. The middle section of the book opens a window on present-day farming with detailed portraits of four farms devoted, respectively, to the production of maple syrup, eggs and corn, milk, and apples. The author takes the reader to the barns and fields of these farms, introduces the farm families, helps the reader taste the syrup and corn and smell the silage and--ultimately enables others to see the economic and ecological challenges that farmers today face, and to consider their strategies for survival. In the last portion of the book the author provides a very accessible examination of the role of farm technology and global economics, including the many ironies of farming "success," followed by a chapter that balances the threat and promise of biotechnology, and a concluding analysis of the current struggle for "the soul of agriculture."

The Fate of Family Farming: Variations on an American Idea

Univ Pr of New England

The Fate of Family Farming employs a hands-on approach, with much local New England detail, in its exploration of the history and future of American family farming as an idea and as an ongoing way of life. Early chapters situate family farming within American history, beginning with Jamestown and Plymouth, continuing with Jefferson and Emerson and others, and including the technological transformations during the twentieth century. An extended chapter deals with the idea of "agrarianism," and considers in detail the work of Louis Bromfield, Victor Hanson, and Wendell Berry. The middle section of the book opens a window on present-day farming with detailed portraits of four farms devoted, respectively, to the production of maple syrup, eggs and corn, milk, and apples. The author takes the reader to the barns and fields of these farms, introduces the farm families, helps the reader taste the syrup and corn and smell the silage and―ultimately enables others to see the economic and ecological challenges that farmers today face, and to consider their strategies for survival. In the last portion of the book the author provides a very accessible examination of the role of farm technology and global economics, including the many ironies of farming "success," followed by a chapter that balances the threat and promise of biotechnology, and a concluding analysis of the current struggle for "the soul of agriculture."

Business & Money

Economics

University Press of New England

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