Against the Grain
James C. Scott • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300231687
Against the Grain
James C. Scott • Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300231687 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300231687
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James C. Scott challenges the conventional narrative of human progress by examining the emergence of the earliest agrarian states. Drawing on recent archaeological and historical evidence, the text argues that the transition to settled agriculture was not an inevitable leap forward but a precarious development that often led to disease, social stratification, and state-imposed labor.
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