the ultimate resource in all things history of crops and how people came about to cultivate rice (or stay clear of it) has to be James C. Scott[1][2] "The Art o

the ultimate resource in all things history of crops and how people came about to cultivate rice (or stay clear of it) has to be James C. Scott[1][2] "The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia" > For two thousand years, the disparate groups that now reside in Zomia (a mountainous region the size of Europe—2.5 million km2—that consists of portions of seven Asian countries) have fled the projects—slavery, conscription, taxes, corvée, epidemics, and warfare—of the nation state societies that surround them. he has several chapters on crops and why they play a key role in survival among hill tribes throughout history. A brilliant book. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Not_Being_Governed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Not_Being_Governed [2] https://libcom.org/files/Art.pdf https://libcom.org/files/Art.pdf