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1. Hills, Valleys, and States: An Introduction to Zomia
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- 1. Hills, Valleys, and States: An Introduction to Zomia 1
- 2. State Space: Zones of Governance and Appropriation 40
- 3. Concentrating Manpower and Grain: Slavery and Irrigated Rice 64
- 4. Civilization and the Unruly 98
- 5. Keeping the State at a Distance: The Peopling of the Hills 127
- 6. State Evasion, State Prevention: The Culture and Agriculture of Escape 178
- 61/2. Orality, Writing, and Texts 220
- 7. Ethnogenesis: A Radical Constructionist Case 238
- 8. Prophets of Renewal 283
- 9. Conclusion 324
- Notes 339
- Glossary 407
- Index 415
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- 1. Hills, Valleys, and States: An Introduction to Zomia 1
- 2. State Space: Zones of Governance and Appropriation 40
- 3. Concentrating Manpower and Grain: Slavery and Irrigated Rice 64
- 4. Civilization and the Unruly 98
- 5. Keeping the State at a Distance: The Peopling of the Hills 127
- 6. State Evasion, State Prevention: The Culture and Agriculture of Escape 178
- 61/2. Orality, Writing, and Texts 220
- 7. Ethnogenesis: A Radical Constructionist Case 238
- 8. Prophets of Renewal 283
- 9. Conclusion 324
- Notes 339
- Glossary 407
- Index 415
