agrarian

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“Sound of Falling” presents Alma’s and Erika’s agrarian segments as dusty museum pieces, with even the 1980s and 21st century portions coming across as hazy snapshots.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

This framework also helps explain why agrarian societies, which normally benefit from living spread out, sometimes gathered in cities despite the financial and social costs.

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

In the nation’s earliest years, a largely agrarian society where things moved at the speed of a horse at best, each city conducted its own financial business, such as it was.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 28, 2025

As a primarily agrarian country, India is particularly vulnerable to climate change.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2025

Nevertheless, the Populist movement initially enjoyed remarkable success in the South, fueled by a wave of discontent aroused by the severe agrarian depression of the 1880s and 1890s.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander