The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
of Wendell Berry
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Since its publication by Sierra Club Books 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 development and spiritual discipline. Todayâs 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 landâfrom the intimate knowledge, love, and care of it. Sadly, as Berry notes in his Afterword to this third edition, his arguments and observations are more relevant than ever. We continue to suffer loss of community, the devaluation of human work, and the destruction of nature under an economic system dedicated to the mechanistic pursuit of products and profits. Although âthis book has not had the happy fate of being proved wrong,â Berry writes, there are good people working âto make something comely and enduring of our life on this earth.â Wendell Berry is one of those people, writing and working, as ever, with passion, eloquence, and conviction.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 246 pages
- Publisher Counterpoint
- Publication Date November 1st 2004
- First Publication 11/06/77
- Language English
- ISBN 9780871568779
- Edition Not informed
- Category Non-Fiction
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