 First edition | |
| Author | James C. Scott |
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| Publisher | Yale University Press |
Publication date | 30 September 2009 |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780300152289 Also available in Paper (ISBN 9780300169171) and eBook |
| Part of a series on |
| Political and legal anthropology |
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| Social and cultural anthropology |
The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia is a book-length anthropological and historical study of the Zomia highlands of Southeast Asia written by James C. Scott published in 2009.[1][2] Zomia, as defined by Scott, includes all the lands at elevations above 300 meters stretching from the Central Highlands of Vietnam to Northeastern India, encompassing parts of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar, as well as four provinces of China. Zomia's 100 million residents are minority peoples "of truly bewildering ethnic and linguistic variety", he writes. Among them are the Akha, Hmong, Karen, Lahu, Mien, and Wa peoples.[3]
- ^ Scott, James C (30 September 2009). The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia (Hardcover). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300152289. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Sethness, Javier (3 July 2011). "Refugees' Descendants in Southeast Asia Prove Stateless Society Is Possible" (Review). Truthout. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Hammond, Ruth (4 September 2011). "The Battle Over Zomia". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 20 April 2020.