Nathan Sayre is a professor of geography at the University of California, Berkeley. He first encountered James C. Scott as an undergraduate when he enrolled in Scott's Peasant Politics and Revolution course. In this interview, Sayre discusses his recollections of that course and Scott's pedagogy as a teacher; the impact of the Agrarian Studies Program; and his reflections on Scott's work in the social sciences.
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Nathan Sayre: Reflections on James C. Scott and the Program in Agrarian Studies at Yale University
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Nathan Sayre, "Nathan Sayre: 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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