Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Agriculture, New Agrarianism, and the Academy; 1. New Agrarianism: Retrospect and Prospects; 2. A Theory of Use: Ecocriticism and the New Agrarian Vision; 3. New Agrarianism and Postmodernism: A Rural Perspective; 4. "What Are People For?" New Agrarianism, Work, and Pleasure; 5. A Theory of Resistance: Community in Agrarian Politics; 6. Reconciliation: New Agrarianism and Ecofeminism; Conclusion: Toward a Cosmopolitanism Agrarianism?; Afterword: How I Became an Agrarian; Notes; Works Cited; Index.