The Arator

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The Arator

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agrarianism
Agrarianism in the 18th and 19th centuries
… defended the Jeffersonian view in The Arator (1813). Taylor decried the use of the law to favour factional and commercial interests, upheld wide property ownership, defended decentralized political power, and advocated rural rather than urban living. For Taylor, as for Jefferson, it was the free farmer whose independence was crucial…
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… defended the Jeffersonian view in The Arator (1813). Taylor decried the use of the law to favour factional and commercial interests, upheld wide property ownership, defended decentralized political power, and advocated rural rather than urban living. For Taylor, as for Jefferson, it was the free farmer whose independence was crucial…
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