The Art of Not Being Governed An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia

For two thousand years the disparate groups that now reside in Zomia (a mountainous region the size of Europe that consists of portions of seven Asian countries) have fled the projects of the organized state societies that surround them-slavery, conscription, taxes, corvée labor, epidemics, and warf...

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Main Author: Scott, James C.
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven Yale University Press 30.09.2009
Edition:1
Series:Yale Agrarian Studies Series
Subjects:
1945
Agriculture
Anarchism
Anarchists
Ethnic groups
Ethnology
Ethnology > Southeast Asia
General Science
History
Indigenous peoples
Peasantry
Peasants
Peasants > Southeast Asia > Political activity
Political activity
Politics and government
Rural conditions
SCIENCE / General
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia > Politics and government > 1945
Southeast Asia > Rural conditions
ISBN:0300152280, 9780300152289, 0300169175, 9780300169171
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents Preface CHAPTER 1: Hills, Valleys, and States: CHAPTER 2: State Space: CHAPTER 3: Concentrating Manpower and Grain: CHAPTER 4: Civilization and the Unruly CHAPTER 5: Keeping the State at a Distance: CHAPTER 6: State Evasion, State Prevention: CHAPTER 6½: Orality, Writing, and Texts CHAPTER 7: Ethnogenesis: CHAPTER 8: Prophets of Renewal CHAPTER 9: Conclusion Notes Glossary Index Back Matter
  • Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Hills, Valleys, and States: An Introduction to Zomia -- 2. State Space: Zones of Governance and Appropriation -- 3. Concentrating Manpower and Grain: Slavery and Irrigated Rice -- 4. Civilization and the Unruly -- 5. Keeping the State at a Distance: The Peopling of the Hills -- 6. State Evasion, State Prevention: The Culture and Agriculture of Escape -- 6½. Orality, Writing, and Texts -- 7. Ethnogenesis: A Radical Constructionist Case -- 8. Prophets of Renewal -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- A -- C -- G -- H -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- S -- T -- W -- Y -- Z -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
  • Contents --
  • 8. Prophets of Renewal --
  • 5. Keeping the State at a Distance: The Peopling of the Hills --
  • 2. State Space: Zones of Governance and Appropriation --
  • Preface --
  • Index
  • 4. Civilization and the Unruly --
  • 61/2. Orality, Writing, and Texts --
  • Glossary --
  • 7. Ethnogenesis: A Radical Constructionist Case --
  • Frontmatter --
  • 9. Conclusion --
  • 1. Hills, Valleys, and States: An Introduction to Zomia --
  • Notes --
  • 3. Concentrating Manpower and Grain: Slavery and Irrigated Rice --
  • 6. State Evasion, State Prevention: The Culture and Agriculture of Escape --