Notes

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Hills, Valleys, and States: An Introduction to Zomia 1
5. 2. State Space: Zones of Governance and Appropriation 40
6. 3. Concentrating Manpower and Grain: Slavery and Irrigated Rice 64
7. 4. Civilization and the Unruly 98
8. 5. Keeping the State at a Distance: The Peopling of the Hills 127
9. 6. State Evasion, State Prevention: The Culture and Agriculture of Escape 178
10. 61/2. Orality, Writing, and Texts 220
11. 7. Ethnogenesis: A Radical Constructionist Case 238
12. 8. Prophets of Renewal 283
13. 9. Conclusion 324
14. Notes 339
15. Glossary 407
16. Index 415