TY  - GEN
AU  - Scott, James C.
TI  -  Against the grain : a deep history of the earliest states
SN  - 9780300240214
U1  - 630.901 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - London
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - Agriculture and state
KW  - Agriculture--Origin
KW  - Agriculture--Social aspects
KW  - State, The--Origin
KW  - Iraq
KW  - Civilization
N1  - 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
ER  -