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.
Contents
Preface ix
INTRODUCTION. A narrative in tatters : what I didn't know 1
1. The domestication of fire, plants, animals, and ... us 37
2. Landscaping the world : the domus complex 68
3. Zoonoses : a perfect epidemiological storm 93
4. Agro-ecology of the early state 116
5. Population control : bondage and war 150
6. Fragility of the early state : collapse as disassembly 183
7. The golden age of the barbarians 219
Notes 257
Bibliography 279
Index 301
9780300240214
Urbanization
Agriculture and state
Agriculture--Origin
Agriculture--Social aspects
State, The--Origin
Iraq
Civilization
630.901 / SCO
Against the grain : a deep history of the earliest states - London Yale University Press 2017 - xvii,312p.
Contents
Preface ix
INTRODUCTION. A narrative in tatters : what I didn't know 1
1. The domestication of fire, plants, animals, and ... us 37
2. Landscaping the world : the domus complex 68
3. Zoonoses : a perfect epidemiological storm 93
4. Agro-ecology of the early state 116
5. Population control : bondage and war 150
6. Fragility of the early state : collapse as disassembly 183
7. The golden age of the barbarians 219
Notes 257
Bibliography 279
Index 301
9780300240214
Urbanization
Agriculture and state
Agriculture--Origin
Agriculture--Social aspects
State, The--Origin
Iraq
Civilization
630.901 / SCO