Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States by James C. Scott

Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States

James C. Scott

312 pages hardcover 2017

7 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
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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,...

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