Against the Grain : a Deep History of the Earliest States / James C. Scott.

An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available that contradicts the standard narrative for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors of toda...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author:	Scott, James C. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Agriculture and state > History. Agriculture and state History