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James C. Scott: Against the Grain (2017, Yale University Press)

Against the Grain

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Why did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors of today’s states? Most people believe that plant and animal domestication allowed humans, finally, to settle down and form agricultural villages, towns, and states, which made possible civilization, law, public …

Jane Austen, M. H. Abrams: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Sixth Edition, Vol. 2/Pride and Prejudice (1999, W W Norton & Co Inc) No rating

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Sixth Edition, Vol. 2/Pride and Prejudice

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Pride and Prejudice is a romance novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story charts the emotional development of the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, who learns the error of making hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between the superficial and the essential. The comedy of the writing …