The Art of Not Being Governed

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**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. Zomia, as defined by Scott, includes all the lands at elevations above 300 meters stretching from the Central Highlands of Vietnam to northeastern India. That encompasses 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. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Not_Being_Governed))

subjects: Politics and government,  Rural conditions,  Peasantry,  Ethnology,  Political activity,  Peasants,  Minority Studies,  Anthropology,  Discrimination & Race Relations,  Ethnology, asia,  Peasants, asia,  Southeast asia, politics and government,  Southern states, rural conditions,  Southeast asia, social conditions,  Anarchism,  Staat,  Bergbewohner,  Politieke macht,  Plattelandsbevolking,  Platteland,  Indigenous peoples,  Government relations,  Ethnology--southeast asia,  Peasants--political activity,  Peasants--political activity--southeast asia,  Indigenous peoples--government relations,  Indigenous peoples--southeast asia--government relations,  Ds523.3 .s36 2009,  305.800959,  15.75

Places: Southeast Asia,  Zomia

Times: 1945-