Quotes by : James C. Scott

It is time someone put in a good word for the petite bourgeoise. Unlike the working class and capitalists,....

The larger the pile of rubble you leave behind, the larger your place in the historical record!

That frontier operated as a rough and ready homeostatic device; the more a state pressed its subjects,....

Encouragement of sedentarism is perhaps the oldest "state project," a project related to the second-oldest....

The petite bourgeoise and small property in general represent a precious zone of autonomy and freedom....

Given a choice between patterns of subsistence that are relatively unfavorable to the cultivator but....