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Seeing like a state : how certain schemes to improve the human condition have failed

Scott, James C.2020
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"One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades."--John Gray, New York Times Book Review.
Main title:
Seeing like a state : how certain schemes to improve the human condition have failed / James C. Scott.
Author:
Scott, James C., author
Work:
Seeing like a state : how certain schemes to improve the human condition have failed
Edition:
Veritas paperback edition.
Imprint:
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2020.©1998
Collation:
xiv, 445 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Notes:
"A Veritas paperback."Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-434) and index.
ISBN:
9780300246759 (pbk)9780300246759 (paperback)
Dewey class:
338.9
Language:
English
Subject:
Central planning -- Social aspectsSocial engineeringAuthoritarianism
BRN:
722570
Bookmark link:
https://librarysearch.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=722570
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Library at the Dock-Business and ITBUSIN 338.9 SCOTOn loan - Due: 07 Jul 2026
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