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

They not only chronicled how the workplace changed as the U.S. evolved from an agrarian to industrial to digital economy, but also had a hand in shaping those changes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

The agrarian rebellion of the 1880s and 1890s was led by farmers at a time when literacy was far from universal and rural areas were incredibly isolated by today’s standards.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025

But when the lands that the agrarian reform had parceled out were returned to their former owners, they were reassured: things were returning to the good old days.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende