Against the grain : a deep history of the earliest states
Scott, James C.
Against the grain : a deep history of the earliest states - London Yale University Press 2017 - xvii, 312p.
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300240214/against-the-grain/
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.
9780300240214(pbk.)
Agriculture and state
Agriculture--Origin
Agriculture
630.901 / SCO
Against the grain : a deep history of the earliest states - London Yale University Press 2017 - xvii, 312p.
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300240214/against-the-grain/
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.
9780300240214(pbk.)
Agriculture and state
Agriculture--Origin
Agriculture
630.901 / SCO