Washingtonian Agrarianism
Antebellum Reformers and the Agrarian Image of George Washington
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16768879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexandra Kindell (Purdue University Northwest, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 347-370 |
| Publication date | 2012-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Nineteenth Century History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1466-4658 • E-ISSN: 1743-7903 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14664658.2012.733581 |
| OpenAlex | W2120049786 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
Nineteenth-century agricultural reformers held up George Washington as a model farmer in order to secure national legislation to aid the farm sector. Washington represented the ideals that they hoped to imbue in the farmers who were to supposedly benefit from this legislation such as the organic laws that created the United States Department of Agriculture and land-grant colleges. This essay examines the characteristics of Washington as well as the backgrounds of those using his image to find that the movement for the farm legislation of 1862 was far from a grassroots, populist movement because of the elitist origins of the reformers
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |