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    This document is an excerpt from the book "Weapons of the Weak" by James C. Scott, which examines everyday forms of peasant resistance against oppression and exploitation. The excerpt focuses on a village in Malaysia called Sedaka between 1967-1979 and describes the economic and social changes experienced by rich and poor villagers as a result of the "Green Revolution". It analyzes how agricultural mechanization marginalized poor farmers and eroded their access to land, while rituals and local institutions helped the wealthy maintain power.

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    This document is an excerpt from the book "Weapons of the Weak" by James C. Scott, which examines everyday forms of peasant resistance against oppression and exploitation. The excerpt focuses on a village in Malaysia called Sedaka between 1967-1979 and describes the economic and social changes experienced by rich and poor villagers as a result of the "Green Revolution". It analyzes how agricultural mechanization marginalized poor farmers and eroded their access to land, while rituals and local institutions helped the wealthy maintain power.

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    Weapons of theWeak

    EVERYDAY FORMS OF
    PEASANT RESISTANCE

    James C. Scott

    YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW HAVEN AND LONDON


    Contents

    List of Tables xii

    Preface

    1. Small Arms Fire in the Class War


    Razak 1
    Haji “Broom” 13
    The Symbolic Balance of Power 22
    2. Normal Exploitation, Normal Resistance 28
    The Unwritten History of Resistance 28
    Resistance as Thought and Symbol 37
    The Experience and Consciousness of Human Agents 4i
    The Landscape of Resistance 48
    Background: Malaysia and the Paddy Sector 50
    Middle Ground: Kedah and the Muda Irrigation Scheme
    Laiulownership • Farm Size • Tenure • Mechanization • from
    Exploitation to Nlarginalization • Insane • Poverty • Institutional
    Access
    86
    Sedaka, 1967—1979 86
    The Village 91
    Rich and Poor 100
    Village Composition 100
    Land Tenure 103
    Changes in Tenancy 110
    Changes in Rice Production and Wages 125
    Local Institutions and Economic Power
    The Farmers’ AsSociation • The Ruling Party iii Sedaka

    History according to Winners and Losers 138


    Class-ifying 138
    Ships Passing—and Signaling—in the Night 14 1
    Two Subjective Class Histories of the Green Revolution 147
    Double-cropping and Double Vision 148
    From Living Rents to Dead Rents 15 i
    Combine-Harvesters 154
    Losing Ground: Access to Paddy Land 164
    Rituals of Compassion and Social Control i69
    The Remembered Village 178
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