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Page vii
But this was not the only factor contributing to the peculiarly important role of agriculture in American society . A system of land ownership which effectually minimized the likelihood of a peasant - based agriculture being established ...
But this was not the only factor contributing to the peculiarly important role of agriculture in American society . A system of land ownership which effectually minimized the likelihood of a peasant - based agriculture being established ...
Page xi
The resulting deeply - stratified rural society , with big commercial producers pushing for expansion at one extreme and the outmoded old - fashioned small farmer at the other , violated the equalitarian theme central to the earlier ...
The resulting deeply - stratified rural society , with big commercial producers pushing for expansion at one extreme and the outmoded old - fashioned small farmer at the other , violated the equalitarian theme central to the earlier ...
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The schools as the sons of rich men may generally be would be filled with the youth , from all termed , into working bees , the public , as classes of society , who aspired to fortune well as the young men themselves , would and ...
The schools as the sons of rich men may generally be would be filled with the youth , from all termed , into working bees , the public , as classes of society , who aspired to fortune well as the young men themselves , would and ...
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Contents
17601840 | 1 |
The Agrarian Democracy Under Fire | 2 |
Triumphant | 8 |
Copyright | |
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