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082			_a630.901 _bSCO
100			_aScott, James C. _99875
245			_aAgainst the grain : _ba deep history of the earliest states
260			_aLondon _bYale University Press _c2017
300			_axvii, 312p.
500			_ahttps://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300240214/against-the-grain/
520			_aWhy 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.
650			_aAgriculture and state _99911
650			_aAgriculture--Origin _99912
650			_aAgriculture _92576
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