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Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States
de Scott, James C
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0300182910
- ISBN 13
- 9780300182910
- Librería
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
New Haven: Yale University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2017. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0300182910 . Mark on front page edges, DJ is lightly shelf soiled. Underlining of text in first section of book. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312 pages; '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" .
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- Librería
- Ainsworth Books
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 21436
- Título
- Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States
- Autor
- Scott, James C
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edición
- First Edition; Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0300182910
- ISBN 13
- 9780300182910
- Editorial
- Yale University Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New Haven
- Fecha de publicación
- 2017
- Palabras clave
- 0300182910, Agricultural Sciences, Social Sciences
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Agriculture & Farming;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
Sobre Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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