The agrarian vision
Subtitle: sustainability and environmental ethics
By: Paul B. Thompson.
Series: Culture of the land: a series in the new agrarianism
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky; The University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780813125879
Subjects: Sustainable agriculture -- United States; Environmental ethics -- United States; Agriculture and state -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sustainability and environmental philosophy; title: The philosophy of farming in America; title: Political values and the future of U.S. agriculture; title: The moral significance of land: a lesson from the Grapes of wrath; title: Farming as a focal practice; title: Food and community; title: Why philosophy matters for agricultural policy; why agricultural policy matters for sustainability; title: Sustainability and the social goals of agriculture; title: The road to sustainability; title: Sustainability as a norm; title: Sustainability: what it is and what it is not; title: Sustainability, social movements, and hope.