Jefferson's yeoman farmer as frontier hero a self defeating mythic structure

Tarla Peterson

Agriculture and Human Values, 1990, vol. 7, issue 1, 9-19

Abstract: American agrarianism, as informed by the frontier myth, has provided fundamental inventional resources for agricultural rhetoric. These myths have deflected farmers from positive adaptation, reinforcing instead the self-image of a hero victimized by circumstances. Critical examination of these independent myths reveals their literalized status as well as inconsistencies with fundamental agricultural goals. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

Date: 1990
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