Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States

by James C. Scott

Book Overview

An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available that contradicts the standard narrative for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030024021X
• ISBN13: 9780300240214
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.2"