Title: The rise of agricultural states came at a big cost, a new book argues Post by: News on October 07, 2017, 04:39:33 PM The rise of agricultural states came at a big cost, a new book argues
By Bruce Bower October 3, 2017 - (http://) (http://www.rastafarispeaks.com/books/imgs/091817_BB_reviews_against-the-grain_book.jpg) Buy this book "Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States by James C. Scott" at Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300182910/theorderofthesel/) Contrary to popular opinion, humans didn’t shed a harsh existence as hunter-gatherers and herders for the good life of stay-in-place farming. Year-round farming villages and early agricultural states, such as those that cropped up in Mesopotamia, exchanged mobile groups’ healthy lifestyles for the back-breaking drudgery of cultivating crops, exposure to infectious diseases, inadequate diets, taxes and conscription into armies. Full Article: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rise-agricultural-states-came-big-cost-new-book-argues (https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rise-agricultural-states-came-big-cost-new-book-argues) |