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Against the Grain
Af: James C. Scott Engelsk Paperback
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Against the Grain
Af: James C. Scott Engelsk Paperback
An Economist Best History Book 2017  “History as it should be written.”—Barry Cunliffe, Guardian  “Scott hits the nail squarely on the head by exposing the staggering price our ancestors paid for civilization and political order.”—Walter Scheidel, Financial Times   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.
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An Economist Best History Book 2017  “History as it should be written.”—Barry Cunliffe, Guardian  “Scott hits the nail squarely on the head by exposing the staggering price our ancestors paid for civilization and political order.”—Walter Scheidel, Financial Times   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.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN-13: 9780300240214
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 030024021X
Kategori: Evolution
Udg. Dato: 11 sep 2018
Længde: 23mm
Bredde: 143mm
Højde: 209mm
Oplagsdato: 11 sep 2018
Forfatter(e): James C. Scott
Forfatter(e) James C. Scott


Kategori Evolution


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 336


Udgave


Længde 23mm


Bredde 143mm


Højde 209mm


Oplagsdato 11 sep 2018

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