Athenian Democratic Origins: and other essays
This is a defense of the Athenian democracy by a great radical historian. Geoffrey de Ste. Croix shows how even its oddest features made sense, and illustrates the different factors influencing Athenian politics--for instance, trade and commercial interests mattered very little. Though written in...
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This is a defense of the Athenian democracy by a great radical historian. Geoffrey de Ste. Croix shows how even its oddest features made sense, and illustrates the different factors influencing Athenian politics--for instance, trade and commercial interests mattered very little. Though written in the 1960s, these hitherto unpublished essays remain fresh and innovative.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780199255177 (0199255172)
ASIN: 0199255172
Publish date: 2004-05-27
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages no: 472
Edition language: English
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