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12 de jan. de 2023 · 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.
Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States. By James C. Scott. Pp. xxii + 312. Yale University Press, New Haven 2017. $26. ISBN 978-0-300-18291-0 (cloth). Reviewed by. Guy D. Middleton. Against the Grain is the latest book by Scott, whose earlier works have studied modern states and the means by which the poor and powerless have ...
Against the Grain A Deep History of the Earliest States (2017), by Yale Agrarian Studies Professor James C. Scott is one such book. Although not directly about the ancient Indus times, this “trespasser’s reconnaissance report” largely covers ancient Mesopotamia. It is full of insights and lessons that deserve to be tested and probably ...
Against the Grain is a significant addition to it, as Scott issues the challenge of an anti-authoritarian approach to our political origins” ―Crispin Sartwell, Times Literary Supplement “History as it should be written―an analysis of the deep forces exposed to the eternal conflict between humans and their environment.
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James C. Scott: Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2017. Pp. xvii, 312.) - Volume 81 Issue 3
24 de jul. de 2018 · Although Against the Grain is not a large book, it is a kind of thematic summa of Scott’s work so far, as it reworks the entire canvas of history by reconsidering its origins through the lens of state-formation.”—Jedediah Purdy, New Republic “For more than 40 years, James Scott has written about those who resist being incorporated into political-economic systems. . . .
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31 de mar. de 2018 · In his magnum opus, Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States, James C. Scott, political scientist and professor of anthropology, describes one of the most important transitions in ...
