The Art of Being Governed

The Art of Being Governed
Author: Michael Szonyi
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2019-08-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 0691197245


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One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018--an innovative look at how families in Ming dynasty China negotiated military and political obligations to the state.tate.


The Art of Being Governed
Language: en
Pages: 323
Authors: Michael Szonyi
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-27 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018--an innovative look at how families in Ming dynasty China negotiated military and political obligatio
The Art of Not Being Governed
Language: en
Pages: 465
Authors: James C. Scott
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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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
Seeing Like a State
Language: en
Pages: 462
Authors: James C. Scott
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-03-17 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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“One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review Hailed
Domination and the Arts of Resistance
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: James C. Scott
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-10-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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"Play fool, to catch wise."--proverb of Jamaican slaves Confrontations between the powerless and powerful are laden with deception--the powerless feign deferenc
Agrarian Studies
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: James C. Scott
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-01-01 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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This book presents an account of an intellectual breakthrough in the study of rural society and agriculture. Its ten chapters, selected for their originality an