The Resource Against the grain : a deep history of the earliest states, James C. Scott
Against the grain : a deep history of the earliest states, James C. Scott
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- Summary
- An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations that contradict the standard narrative. Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors of today's states? Most people believe that plant and animal domestication allowed humans, finally, to settle down and form agricultural villages, towns, and states, which made possible civilization, law, public order, and a presumably secure way of living. But archaeological and historical evidence challenges this narrative. The first agrarian states, says James C. Scott, were born of accumulations of domestications: first fire, then plants, livestock, subjects of the state, captives, and finally women in the patriarchal family-all of which can be viewed as a way of gaining control over reproduction. Scott explores why we avoided sedentism and plow agriculture, the advantages of mobile subsistence, the unforeseeable disease epidemics arising from crowding plants, animals, and grain, and why all early states are based on millets and cereal grains and unfree labor. He also discusses the "barbarians" who long evaded state control, as a way of understanding continuing tension between states and nonsubject peoples
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvii, 312 pages
- Contents
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- A narrative in tatters : what I didn't know
- The domestication of fire, plants, animals, and ... us
- Landscaping the world : the domus complex
- Zoonoses : a perfect epidemiological storm
- Agro-ecology of the early state
- Population control : bondage and war
- Fragility of the early state : collapse as disassembly
- The golden age of the barbarians
- Isbn
- 9780300182910
- Label
- Against the grain : a deep history of the earliest states
- Title
- Against the grain
- Title remainder
- a deep history of the earliest states
- Statement of responsibility
- James C. Scott
- Subject
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- Agriculture -- Origin
- Agriculture -- Origin
- Agriculture -- Social aspects
- Agriculture -- Social aspects | History
- Agriculture and state
- Agriculture and state -- History
- Gesellschaft
- HISTORY -- Asia
- HISTORY -- Civilization
- HISTORY -- World
- History
- Hochkultur
- Landwirtschaft
- Neolithische Revolution
- SCIENCE -- Life Sciences | Evolution
- Sesshaftigkeit
- Staat
- Agrargesellschaft
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations that contradict the standard narrative. Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors of today's states? Most people believe that plant and animal domestication allowed humans, finally, to settle down and form agricultural villages, towns, and states, which made possible civilization, law, public order, and a presumably secure way of living. But archaeological and historical evidence challenges this narrative. The first agrarian states, says James C. Scott, were born of accumulations of domestications: first fire, then plants, livestock, subjects of the state, captives, and finally women in the patriarchal family-all of which can be viewed as a way of gaining control over reproduction. Scott explores why we avoided sedentism and plow agriculture, the advantages of mobile subsistence, the unforeseeable disease epidemics arising from crowding plants, animals, and grain, and why all early states are based on millets and cereal grains and unfree labor. He also discusses the "barbarians" who long evaded state control, as a way of understanding continuing tension between states and nonsubject peoples
- Cataloging source
- ERASA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Scott, James C
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GN799.A4
- LC item number
- S285 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Yale agrarian studies
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Agriculture
- Agriculture and state
- Agriculture
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY
- SCIENCE
- Agriculture and state
- Agriculture
- Agriculture
- Agrargesellschaft
- Hochkultur
- Neolithische Revolution
- Sesshaftigkeit
- Gesellschaft
- Landwirtschaft
- Staat
- Label
- Against the grain : a deep history of the earliest states, James C. Scott
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-300) and index
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A narrative in tatters : what I didn't know -- The domestication of fire, plants, animals, and ... us -- Landscaping the world : the domus complex -- Zoonoses : a perfect epidemiological storm -- Agro-ecology of the early state -- Population control : bondage and war -- Fragility of the early state : collapse as disassembly -- The golden age of the barbarians
- Control code
- 990684513
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 312 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300182910
- Lccn
- 2016960155
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 13500781
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)990684513
- Label
- Against the grain : a deep history of the earliest states, James C. Scott
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-300) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- A narrative in tatters : what I didn't know -- The domestication of fire, plants, animals, and ... us -- Landscaping the world : the domus complex -- Zoonoses : a perfect epidemiological storm -- Agro-ecology of the early state -- Population control : bondage and war -- Fragility of the early state : collapse as disassembly -- The golden age of the barbarians
- Control code
- 990684513
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- xvii, 312 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300182910
- Lccn
- 2016960155
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 13500781
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)990684513
Subject
- Agriculture -- Origin
- Agriculture -- Origin
- Agriculture -- Social aspects
- Agriculture -- Social aspects | History
- Agriculture and state
- Agriculture and state -- History
- Gesellschaft
- HISTORY -- Asia
- HISTORY -- Civilization
- HISTORY -- World
- History
- Hochkultur
- Landwirtschaft
- Neolithische Revolution
- SCIENCE -- Life Sciences | Evolution
- Sesshaftigkeit
- Staat
- Agrargesellschaft
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