agrarian

World History

(adjective)

Based around producing and maintaining crops and farmland.

Related Terms

  • husbandry
  • kinsman
  • sickle
U.S. History

(noun)

A person who advocates the political interests of working farmers.

Related Terms

  • yeoman farmer
  • secession

Examples of agrarian in the following topics:

  • The Farm Problem and Agrarian Protest Movements

    • The Farmers' Alliance was an 1880s agrarian movement with the goals of ending the crop-lien system and promoting higher commodity prices.
    • By 1890, the level of agrarian distress was at an all-time high.
    • Agrarian spokesmen in the West and South demanded a return to the unlimited coinage of silver.
    • Examine the rise and fall of the late nineteenth century agrarian protest movements
  • Jefferson's Agrarian Policy

    • The above population density map of the American Colonies in 1775 is reflective of the agricultural nation in which Jefferson promoted his Agrarian Policy.
  • The Four Social Revolutions

    • After this, an agrarian society typically develops, followed finally by a period of industrialization (sometimes a service industry follows this final stage).
    • In agrarian societies, the primary means of subsistence is the cultivation of crops using a mixture of human and non-human means, like animals and machinery.
    • Like agrarian societies, industrial societies lead to even greater food surpluses, resulting in even more developed social hierarchies and an even more complex division of labor.
    • Analyze the various social revolutions in terms of how each contributes to the development of the next stage, for example, moving from horticulturist to agrarian
  • The Farmer's Alliance

    • The Farmers' Alliance was an organized agrarian economic movement among U.S. farmers that flourished in the 1880s.
    • The Farmers' Alliance was an organized agrarian economic movement among American farmers that developed and flourished in 1875.
  • The Agrarian and Populist Movements

    • In a declaration of principles in 1874, the Grangers declared that they were not enemies of the railroads, and that they were not advocates of communism or agrarianism.
  • Modernization and Technology

    • Modernization deals with social change from agrarian societies to industrial ones, with new technologies playing an important role.
    • Modernization deals with social change from agrarian societies to industrial ones, so it is important to look at technology changes across contexts.
  • Economic Conditions

    • By 1890, the level of agrarian distress was at an all-time high.
    • Agrarian spokesmen in the West and South demanded a return to the unlimited coinage of silver.
  • The New Nation's Economy

    • He particularly praised small farmers as "the most valuable citizens. " In 1801, Jefferson became president (1801-1809) and turned to promoting a more decentralized, agrarian democracy.
  • Natural Cycles

    • One of the most important recent findings in the study of the long-term dynamic social processes was the discovery of the political-demographic cycles as a basic feature of the dynamics of complex agrarian systems.
    • What is important is that on the basis of their models Nefedov, Turchin and Malkov have managed to demonstrate that sociodemographic cycles were a basic feature of complex agrarian systems (and not a specifically Chinese or European phenomenon).
  • Depression Politics

    • The President, a staunch believer in the gold standard, refused to inflate the money supply with silver, thus alienating the agrarian populist wing of the Democratic Party.
    • Harnessing the energy of an agrarian insurgency with his famous Cross of Gold speech, the congressman was soon selected to be the Democratic nominee for President in that election.
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