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James Scott

Jiang uses James Scott to support the claim that market exchange, Enlightenment standardization, and revolutionary state-building made the metric revolution and state simplification possible.

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Jiang uses James Scott to support the claim that market exchange, Enlightenment standardization, and revolutionary state-building made the metric revolution and state simplification possible.

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The Nation Is The New God

2025-06-05, day precision · Civilization #58: Birth of the Nation-State

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"...is a really good book called Seeing a State. It's by James Scott, published by Yale University Press. Fantastic book. If you are interested..."

The Nation Is The New God

2025-06-05, day precision · Civilization #58: Birth of the Nation-State

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"Okay? That came about during this time. First, the growth of market exchange encouraged uniformity in measures. So capitalism. Second, both popular sentiment and..."

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