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""A classic work of theory in the social sciences and history. Its arguments are original, subtle, clear, and accessible to readers without theoretical inclinations."" -- ""Journal of Asian Studies"" ""A major contribution to the study of social and political change."" -- ""Choice"" ""Advanc[es] scholarship and produc[es] interesting, even fascinating, insights and other provocations."" -- ""Indochina Chronology"" ""From his vantage point it is easy to see through many standard illusions of social science...An example of how rich and fascinating such hidden transcripts can be by comparison with the rhetoric of pretence."" -- ""Times Literary Supplement (London)"" ""Scott's central innovation in this work is his distinction between public transcripts...and hidden transcripts...An important contribution to the study of the politics and lived experience of power."" -- ""Political Theory"" ""An amazingly prodigious, sophisticated book."" -- ""American Quarterly""

""An amazingly prodigious, sophisticated book."" -- ""American Quarterly"" ""Scott's probing analysis of the roots of 'counterhegemonic discourse' is a major contribution to the study of social and political change."" -- ""Choice""

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James C. Scott (1936-2024) was an American political scientist, anthropologist, and author. His many books include Seeing Like a State, Agrarian Studies, The Art of Not Being Governed, and Against the Grain. He was Sterling Professor of Political Science and professor emeritus of anthropology at Yale University. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was awarded several resident fellowships, including at MIT. In 2020, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society. Alex Boyles has been acting pretty much his entire life. He got his BA in theater-acting/directing performance from CSU Long Beach and his MFA in acting performance from Ohio State University. He started narrating audiobooks in 2019 and hasn't looked back!

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