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The Art of Not Being Governed
From the acclaimed author and scholar James C. Scott, the compelling tale of Asian peoples who until recently have stemmed the vast tide of state-making to live at arm’s length …
Every Twelve Seconds
A political scientist goes undercover in a modern industrial slaughterhouse for this twenty-first-century update of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle This is an account of industrialized …
Love for the Land
A captivating exploration of presence and place told through the stories and insights of small farmers who, despite intense adversity, continue caring for their land Love for the …
Saving a Rainforest and Losing the World
An unflinching investigation of the false promises of land sparing, exposing how its illusory successes mask the failures of green capitalism For two decades, the concept of land …
Revolution, Resistance, and Reform in Village China
Drawing on more than a quarter century of field and documentary research in rural North China, this book explores the contested relationship between village and state from the …
The Politics of Food Supply
This book deals with an important and timely issue: the political and economic forces that have shaped agricultural policies in the United States during the past eighty years. It …
Frontiers of Fear
For centuries, reports of man-eating tigers in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore have circulated, shrouded in myth and anecdote. This fascinating book documents the “big …
From Precaution to Profit
Why, when global environmental protection efforts have never been more important, is the world’s most widely acclaimed environmental agreement failing? The Montreal Protocol has …
Remoteness and Modernity
A penetrating anthropological inquiry into remote areas as understood by their inhabitants and by the outsiders who encounter them This groundbreaking book is the first sustained …
Famine Politics in Maoist China and the Soviet Union
An authoritative study of food politics in the socialist regimes of China and the Soviet Union During the twentieth century, 80 percent of all famine victims worldwide died in …
Dust Bowls of Empire
A profound reinterpretation of the Dust Bowl on the U.S. southern plains and its relevance for today The 1930s witnessed a harrowing social and ecological disaster, defined by the …
Becoming Organic
A rich, original study of the social and bureaucratic life of organic quality that challenges assumptions of what organic means Shaila Seshia Galvin examines certified organic …