Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Yale Agrarian Studies Series James C. Scott, Series Editor xviii
5. Introduction: A Narrative in Tatters: What I Didn’t Know 1
6. ONE. The Domestication of Fire, Plants, Animals, and . . . Us 37
7. TWO. Landscaping the World: The Domus Complex 68
8. THREE. Zoonoses: A Perfect Epidemiological Storm 93
9. FOUR. Agro-ecology of the Early State 116
10. FIVE. Population Control: Bondage and War 150
11. SIX. Fragility of the Early State: Collapse as Disassembly 183
12. SEVEN. The Golden Age of the Barbarians 219
13. Notes 257
14. Bibliography 279
15. Index 301