thomas jefferson wanted america to be an agrarian society.
who wanted america to be an agrarian society?
thomas jefferson
early appalachian literature typically centered on the observations of people from outside the region, such as henry timberlake's "memoirs" (1765) and thomas jefferson's "notes on the state of virginia" (1784), although there are notable exceptions, including davy crockett's "a narrative of the life of davy crockett" (1834). travellers' accounts published in 19th-century magazines gave rise to appalachian local color, which reached its height with george washington harris's sut lovingood character of the 1860s and native novelists such as mary noailles murfree. works such as rebecca harding davis's "life in the iron mills" (1861), emma bell miles' "the spirit of the mountains" (1905), catherine marshall's "christy" (1912), horace kephart's "our southern highlanders" (1913) marked a shift in the region's literature from local color to realism. the transition from an agrarian society to an industrial society and its effects on appalachia are captured in works such as olive tilford dargan's "call home to the heart" (1932), agnes sligh turnbull's "the rolling years" (1936), james still's "the river of earth" (1940), harriette simpson arnow's "the dollmaker" (1954), and harry caudill's "night comes to the cumberlands" (1962). in the 1970s and 1980s, the rise of authors like breece d'j pancake, dorothy allison, and lisa alther brought greater literary diversity to the region.
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an agrarian society, or agricultural society, is any community whose economy is based on producing and maintaining crops and farmland. another way to define an agrarian society is by seeing how much of a nation's total production is in agriculture. in an agrarian society, cultivating the land is the primary source of wealth. such a society may acknowledge other means of livelihood and work habits but stresses the importance of agriculture and farming. agrarian societies have existed in various parts of the world as far back as 10,000 years ago and continue to exist today. they have been the most common form of socio-economic organization for most of recorded human history.
agrarian society