Research Catalog

Title

How to be a farmer : an ancient guide to life on the land / selected, translated, and introduced by M.D. Usher.

Publication

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Details

Additional Authors

• Usher, M. D. (Mark David), 1966-
• EBSCOhost

Description

1 online resource.

Series Statement

Ancient wisdom for modern readers

Subject

• Classical literature > Translations into English
• Farm life > Greece > Literary collections
• Farm life > Rome > Literary collections
• Country life > Greece > Literary collections
• Country life > Rome > Literary collections
• Agriculture, Ancient > Greece > Literary collections
• Agriculture, Ancient > Rome > Literary collections

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 03, 2021).

Contents

• Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Keeping Up with the Joneses. Livelihood Is Hard to Come By -- 2. The Benefits of Righteous Living -- 3. On Work and Wealth -- 4. Cultivating Good Neighbors. On Thrift -- 5. Procrastination. Good and Bad Days -- 6. A Bucolic Utopia -- 7. The Philosophy of Compost -- 8. Dedication to Mrs. Farmer. Invocation of Rustic Muses -- 9. The Prestige and Antiquity of Rearing Livestock -- 10. Praise for the Countryside -- 11. Reverie of a Would-Be Farmer -- 12. Simple Tastes -- 13. Avoiding the Rat Race -- 14. Culture from Agriculture
• 15. The Ideal of Smallholding -- 16. On Barley and Bread-Making -- 17. Getting and Naming a Dog -- 18. On Asses -- 19. What to Look for in a Ram -- 20. The Joint Venture Farm -- 21. Why Farming Is the Best Job for a Philosopher -- 22. A Garden on Lesbos -- 23. The Numinous Landscape -- 24. A Farmer's Memorial -- Notes -- Passages Translated

ISBN

• 9780691224732
• 0691224730

LCCN

2021010079

OCLC

2021010079

Title

How to be a farmer : an ancient guide to life on the land / selected, translated, and introduced by M.D. Usher.

Publisher

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Series

Ancient wisdom for modern readers

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Note

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 03, 2021).

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Added Author

Usher, M. D. (Mark David), 1966- compiler, translator.

EBSCOhost

Other Form:

Print version: How to be a farmer Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021] 9780691211749 (DLC) 2021010078