Paul Sabin is a professor of history and American studies at Yale University and leads the Yale Environmental Humanities Initiative. His interaction with the Agrarian Studies Program actually began as an undergraduate, when he enrolled in the first Agrarian Societies seminar. In this interview, Sabin discusses his recollections of that seminar as a student; his introduction to Agrarian Studies as a scholar; and the uniqueness of the program's colloquium and impact of James C. Scott.
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Paul Sabin: Reflections on James C. Scott and the Program in Agrarian Studies at Yale University
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Paul Sabin, "Paul Sabin: Reflections on James C. Scott and the Program in Agrarian Studies at Yale University" conducted by Todd Holmes in 2019, Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2021. Interview date(s) 2018
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