Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States
James C. Scott
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Detalhes do Produto
- Editora: Yale Up
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- Ano: 2018
- ISBN: 9780300240214
- Número de páginas: 336
- Capa: Brochado
Sinopse
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. …
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