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Against the Grain

A Deep History of the Earliest States

by James C. Scott

2017 312 pages eng ★ 4.7 (3 ratings)

An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations that contradict the standard narrative. Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors of toda…

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