1. From the editor

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 2

2. Agrarianism and the American philosophical tradition

   • Paul Thompson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 8

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

   • Tarla Rai Peterson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 19

4. Emerson and the agricultural midworld

   • Robert S. Corrington

   OriginalPaper Pages: 20 - 26

5. Does metaphysics rest on an agrarian foundation? A deweyan answer and critique

   • Armen Marsoobian

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 32

6. The land as a social being: Ethical implications from societal expectations

   • George W. Stickel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 38

7. Personhood and the land

   • James Campbell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 43

8. Book reviews

   • Marilyn Holly
   • Roger Paden
   • Conner Bailey

   BookReview Pages: 44 - 61

9. Special edition on ethics/communication/agriculture

   Call for Papers Pages: i - ii