An agrarian (or agricultural) society. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Yes, the word agrarian sure does come up a lot around here. From Wordnik.com. [Pilgrims & The Christian-Agrarian Exodus of 1620] Reference
It was difficult for them to work together with Yugoslavia which was a believer in agrarian democracy. From Wordnik.com. [The Small Nations in World Affairs] Reference
There is Marx's account of "primitive accumulation" in English agrarian history in the 17th and 18th centuries in Capital. From Wordnik.com. [Marx's historical thinking] Reference
But what kind of agrarian reform did they support?. From Wordnik.com. [FIRST REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF AGRICULTURAL PLANTA] Reference
We carried out a different kind of agrarian reform. From Wordnik.com. [Castro Interview With Brazilian TV During Visit] Reference
What kind of agrarian reform were we going to implement?. From Wordnik.com. [6TH NATL ANAP CONGRESS] Reference
Compared to the peasant-style of production, we have made a different kind of agrarian reform. From Wordnik.com. [CASTRO MARKS 8TH ANNIVERSARY OF REVOLUTION] Reference
They were actually some of the first "agrarian" writings I'd ever read, and they really challenged me. From Wordnik.com. [Vast Sprawling Putrescences] Reference
Distributism has been accused of being an "agrarian" movement, a nostalgic "back to the land" ideology. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
The word 'agrarian' seems to come up quite a bit on them, and I'm not too sure what you guys mean by it. From Wordnik.com. [Pilgrims & The Christian-Agrarian Exodus of 1620] Reference
In some Latin American nations there is talk of agrarian reforms land you can imagine what kind of agrarian reforms they are. From Wordnik.com. [SECOND NATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE ANAP-CLOSING] Reference
The accusation that he was an "agrarian" he thought it necessary to rebut in a speech delivered on the 18th of February 1906 to the German Handelstag. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
It is "agrarian," but this is not so much about getting back to the land as it is about establishing the proper relationship between town and country. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
Getting people back into a 19th century "agrarian" society does not help our global competitiveness. From Wordnik.com. [All - WTN News] Reference
He then quickly dialled Congress president Sonia Gandhi to verify the spelling of 'agrarian'. “We will defend the country. From Wordnik.com. [Son of Bosey] Reference
There was people who fled from agrarian poverty into the city. From Wordnik.com. [London's Gardens: Allotments for the People] Reference
His reforms would be pronounced agrarian measures in England or America. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
The agrarian laws of Appuleius -- Luxury increases and faith falls away. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
Popular tumults arose, and the usual remedy, an agrarian law, was proposed. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
But the Happy Farmer game takes that faux-agrarian lifestyle to a new level. From Wordnik.com. [Back To The Land] Reference
The proceeds will help fund the Philippine government's agrarian-reform program. From Wordnik.com. [From Shoes To Silverware] Reference
And the official urban-oriented expo largely neglects China's agrarian millions. From Wordnik.com. [In Shanghai, Alternatives To The World Expo] Reference
The industrial age is hammering away at the agrarian income of the landed aristocracy. From Wordnik.com. [Something Old, Something New] Reference
"One culture has lived closer to the land by necessity, agrarian as opposed to industrial.". From Wordnik.com. [A SENSE OF PLACE] Reference
The diversity of its economy makes it less vulnerable than agrarian neighbors like Vietnam. From Wordnik.com. [The Poor Get Poorer] Reference
The Report on Manufactures was a blueprint for an alternative to Jefferson's agrarian America. From Wordnik.com. [Fly Me, Air Uncle Sam] Reference
Ruralpolitanism is tinged with romance, depicting a return to agrarian values and pastoral idylls. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzword: Ruralpolitan] Reference
So the northern states would probably have sought to prevent migration from their agrarian neighbors. From Wordnik.com. [It Isn’t a Zero-Sum Game] Reference
The game's success reflects a deep and growing nostalgia for China's traditional agrarian way of life. From Wordnik.com. [Back To The Land] Reference
Traveling as a tourist, he brought back glimpses of a place that, by and large, is rural, agrarian and quiet. From Wordnik.com. [Quiet Side] Reference
We may fantasize about Thomas Jefferson's agrarian vision, but there is no mistaking that ours is an increasingly urban culture. From Wordnik.com. [Who's A Hillbilly?] Reference
They set up an elaborate manufacturing extension service that helped turned their agrarian nation into a dominant industrial power. From Wordnik.com. [Extensions Spread 'Lean' Business Ideas] Reference
China is going through a massive, painful transition from an agrarian to an industrial society (and from the lunacy of Maoism to the market). From Wordnik.com. [After The Showdown] Reference
It might sound strange, but in this part of Mexico where political and agrarian disputes are commonplace, anything that calms tempers is welcome. From Wordnik.com. [LETTER FROM MEXICO] Reference
The shift from an agrarian to an industrial economy led to fierce and occasionally violent battles between laborers, farmers, and owners of capital. From Wordnik.com. [Can China’s Good Fortune Last?] Reference
The notion of summer vacation originated in the agrarian economy when kids were needed to work in the fields, but this notion is obviously outdated. From Wordnik.com. [Ellen Galinsky: Seven Ways to Help Your Children Thrive During Summer] Reference
Peters studied middle-aged adults in four agrarian villages -- mostly subsistence farmers -- who had a little over six years of schooling on average. From Wordnik.com. [Wray Herbert: The Link Between Education and Living Longer] Reference
"The distribution channels are now gone," said Aleksei Yemelyanov, deputy chairman of the Supreme Soviet's committee on agrarian problems and foodstuffs. From Wordnik.com. [A Winter Without Food] Reference
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