1. From the editor

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 4

2. Letters to the editor

   • Kathleen M. Delate

   EditorialNotes Pages: 4 - 4

3. Philosophical foundations for agrarianism

   • James A. Montmarquet

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 14

4. Poetry and self-knowledge in rural life

   • Thomas Auxter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 27

5. Agricultural development and the quality of life: An anthropological view

   • Peggy F. Barlett
   • Peter J. Brown

   OriginalPaper Pages: 28 - 35

6. The family farm: Caught in the contradictions of American values

   • Francis Moore Lappe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 36 - 43

7. Issues in the analysis of contemporary farm protest

   • Nicholas R. Ellig

   OriginalPaper Pages: 44 - 47

8. Agriculture and the internationalization of the united states economy

   • Charles H. Wood

   OriginalPaper Pages: 48 - 53

9. Rationality of new technology for small farmers in the tropics

   • Charles A. Francis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 54 - 59

10. Sociopolitical implications of stability in agriculture

    • Brian B. Schultz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 60 - 62

11. Agricultural development and environmental policy: Conceptual issues

    • Bryan G. Norton

    OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 70

12. The seen and the unseen: Agricultural and rural history in American survey textbooks

    • David B. Danbom

    OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 77

13. The land-grant system: A sociological perspective on value conflicts and ethical issues

    • Frederick H. Buttel

    OriginalPaper Pages: 78 - 95

14. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 96 - 96