The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture
Since its publication in 1977, The Unsettling of America has been recognized as a classic of American letters. In it, Wendell Berry argues that good farming is a cultural and spiritual discipline. Today's agribusiness, however, takes farming out of its cultural context and away from families. As a result, we as a nation are more estranged from the land—from the intimate knowledge, love, and care of it.Sadly, his arguments and observations are more relevant than ever. Although this book has not had the happy fate of being proved wrong,” Berry writes, there are people working to make something comely and enduring of our life on this earth.” Wen…
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- ISBN: 978-1-61902-599-8
- EAN: 9781619025998
- Produktnummer: 19401476
- Verlag: Counterpoint Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B17.7 cm x D2.0 cm 424 g
- Gewicht: 424
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Wendell Berry is the author of fifty books of poetry, fiction, and essays. He was recently awarded the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Fellowship of Southern Writers and the Louis Bromfield Society Award. For over forty years he has lived and farmed with his wife, Tanya, in Kentucky.
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