Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Bøger
Bestsellers
Kommer snart
Nyheder
Spil og hobby
Hjem
Kategorier
Bestsellers
Kommer snart
Nyheder
FAQ
Konto
Kontakt
Kurv
  1. Bog
  2. Biovidenskab: generelt
  3. Evolution

Against the Grain

- A Deep History of the Earliest States
Af: James C. Scott Engelsk Paperback

Against the Grain

- A Deep History of the Earliest States
Af: James C. Scott Engelsk Paperback
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
An Economist Best History Book 2017  “History as it should be written.”—Barry Cunliffe, Guardian  “Scott hits the nail squarely on the head by exposing the staggering price our ancestors paid for civilization and political order.”—Walter Scheidel, Financial Times   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.   Scott explores why we avoided sedentism and plow agriculture, the advantages of mobile subsistence, the unforeseeable disease epidemics arising from crowding plants, animals, and grain, and why all early states are based on millets and cereal grains and unfree labor. He also discusses the “barbarians” who long evaded state control, as a way of understanding continuing tension between states and nonsubject peoples.
Vis mere
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
Normalpris
kr 193
Fragt: 39 kr
6 - 8 hverdage
20 kr
Pakkegebyr
God 4 anmeldelser på
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
An Economist Best History Book 2017  “History as it should be written.”—Barry Cunliffe, Guardian  “Scott hits the nail squarely on the head by exposing the staggering price our ancestors paid for civilization and political order.”—Walter Scheidel, Financial Times   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.   Scott explores why we avoided sedentism and plow agriculture, the advantages of mobile subsistence, the unforeseeable disease epidemics arising from crowding plants, animals, and grain, and why all early states are based on millets and cereal grains and unfree labor. He also discusses the “barbarians” who long evaded state control, as a way of understanding continuing tension between states and nonsubject peoples.
Vis mere
Se mere i:
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 336
ISBN-13: 9780300240214
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 030024021X
Kategori: Evolution
Udg. Dato: 11 sep 2018
Længde: 23mm
Bredde: 209mm
Højde: 143mm
Forlag: Yale University Press
Oplagsdato: 11 sep 2018
Forfatter(e): James C. Scott
Forfatter(e) James C. Scott

Kategori Evolution

ISBN-13 9780300240214

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 336

Udgave

Længde 23mm

Bredde 209mm

Højde 143mm

Udg. Dato 11 sep 2018

Oplagsdato 11 sep 2018

Forlag Yale University Press

Kategori sammenhænge