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James C. Scott

1936–2024

1 series 2 books in order

James Campbell Scott (1936–2024) was an American political scientist and anthropologist specializing in comparative politics, known as a comparative scholar of agrarian and non-state societies. His credits in the Yale Agrarian Studies series include Seeing Like a State and The Art of Not Being Governed. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)

Born
1936
Known for
Yale Agrarian Studies

Series by James C. Scott

Yale Agrarian Studies

3 books in order · 1998–2009

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    The Art of Not Being Governed

    2009 · James C. Scott

    The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia is an anthropological and historical study of the Zomia highlands of…

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