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Seeing like a state : how certain schemes to improve the human condition have failed / James C. Scott.
| Author/creator | Scott, James C. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1998. |
| Description | xiv, 445 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Book review (H-Net) |
| Subjects |
| Series | The Yale ISPS series Yale agrarian studies Yale agrarian studies. Yale ISPS series. |
| Contents | pt. 1. State projects of legibility and simplification -- ch. 1. Nature and space -- ch. 2. Cities, people, and language -- pt. .2 Transforming visions -- ch. 3. Authoritarian high modernism -- ch. 4. The high-modernist city : an experiment and a critique -- ch. 5. The Revolutionary Party : a plan and a diagnosis -- pt. 3. The social engineering of rural settlement and production -- ch. 6. Soviet collectivization, capitalist dreams -- ch. 7. Compulsory villagization in Tanzania : aesthetics and miniaturization -- ch. 8. Taming nature : an agriculture of legibility and simplicity -- pt. 4. The missing link -- ch. 9. Thin simplifications and practical knowledge : mētis -- ch. 10. Conclusion. |
| Local note | Little-307415--305131013276W |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-434) and index. |
| LCCN | 97026556 |
| ISBN | 0300070160 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780300070163 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0300078153 (pbk) |
| ISBN | 9780300078152 (pbk) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HD87.5 .S365 1998 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |