4 Agricultural Revolution

Lecture

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Reading

Diamond, J. (1997). Guns, germs, and steel: The fates of human societies. W. W. Norton. Read Ch. 5: “History’s Haves and Have-Nots” and Ch. 6: “To Farm or Not to Farm”. Presentation by Natalia G. B.

Bellwood, P. (2005). First farmers: The origins of agricultural societies. Blackwell. Read Ch. 1: “The Early Farming Dispersal Hypothesis in Perspective” and Ch. 2: “The Origins and Dispersals of Agriculture.” Presentation by José G. L.

Scott, J. C. (2017). Against the grain: A deep history of the earliest states. Yale University Press. Read Ch. 1: “The Domestication of Fire, Plants, Animals, and…Us” and Ch. 2: “Landscaping the World: The Domus Complex”. Presentation by Marcos H. S.

North, D. C. (1990). Institutions, institutional change and economic performance. Cambridge University Press. Read Ch. 5: “Informal Constraints,” and Ch. 6: “Formal Constraints”. Presentation by Paulo M. T.