Against the grain : a deep history of the earliest states /: a deep history of the earliest states. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James C. Scott.
• Other Names: Scott, James C
• Contents: A narrative in tatters : what I didn't know -- The domestication of fire, plants, animals, and ... us -- Landscaping the world : the domus complex -- Zoonoses : a perfect epidemiological storm -- Agro-ecology of the early state -- Population control : bondage and war -- Fragility of the early state : collapse as disassembly -- The golden age of the barbarians.
• Publisher Details: New Haven : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 312 pages ), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 630.9; 900; Agriculture -- Origin; Agriculture and state -- History; Agriculture -- Social aspects -- History; HISTORY -- Asia; HISTORY -- Civilization; HISTORY -- World; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Agriculture and state; Agriculture -- Origin; Agriculture -- Social aspects; Agrargesellschaft; Hochkultur; Neolithische Revolution; Sesshaftigkeit; Gesellschaft; Landwirtschaft; Staat; Agriculture -- Origin; Agriculture -- Social aspects -- History; HISTORY -- Asia; HISTORY -- Civilization; HISTORY -- World; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Agriculture and state; Agriculture -- Origin; Agriculture -- Social aspects; Agrargesellschaft; Hochkultur; Neolithische Revolution; Sesshaftigkeit; Gesellschaft; Landwirtschaft; Staat; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780300231687; 0300231687
• Related ISBNs: 9780300182910; 0300182910
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-300) and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.