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Del 195 - Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Companion to Archaic Greece
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
551 kr
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A systematic survey of archaic Greek society and culture which introduces the reader to a wide range of new approaches to the period. The first comprehensive and accessible survey of developments in the study of archaic GreecePlaces Greek society of c.750-480 BCE in its chronological and geographical contextGives equal emphasis to established topics such as tyranny and political reform and newer subjects like gender and ethnicityCombines accounts of historical developments with regional surveys of archaeological evidence and in-depth treatments of selected themesExplores the impact of Eastern and other non-Greek cultures in the development of GreeceUses archaeological and literary evidence to reconstruct broad patterns of social and cultural development
Inbunden, Engelska, 2005
1 610 kr
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This widely respected study of social conflicts between the patrician elite and the plebeians in the first centuries of the Roman republic has now been enhanced by a new chapter on material culture, updates to individual chapters, an updated bibliography, and a new introduction. Analyzes social conflicts between patricians and plebeians in early republican RomeIncludes chapters by leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic illuminating social, economic, legal, religious, military, and political aspects as well as the reliability of historical sourcesContributors have written addenda for the new edition, updating their chapters in light of recent scholarship
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
771 kr
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This widely respected study of social conflicts between the patrician elite and the plebeians in the first centuries of the Roman republic has now been enhanced by a new chapter on material culture, updates to individual chapters, an updated bibliography, and a new introduction. Analyzes social conflicts between patricians and plebeians in early republican RomeIncludes chapters by leading scholars from both sides of the Atlantic illuminating social, economic, legal, religious, military, and political aspects as well as the reliability of historical sourcesContributors have written addenda for the new edition, updating their chapters in light of recent scholarship
Del 1 - Ancient World: Comparative Histories
Epic and History
Inbunden, Engelska, 2009
2 013 kr
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With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry. The first book to gain new insights into the topic of ‘epic and history’ through in-depth cross-cultural comparisonsCovers epic traditions across the globe and across a wide range of time periodsBrings together leading specialists in the field, and is edited by two internationally regarded scholarsAn important reference for scholars and students interested in history and literature across a broad range of disciplines
Del 21 - Ancient World: Comparative Histories
Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy
A Politico-cultural Transformation and Its Interpretations
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
1 833 kr
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The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy presents a series of essays that trace the Greeks’ path to democracy and examine the connection between the Greek polis as a citizen state and democracy as well as the interaction between democracy and various forms of cultural expression from a comparative historical perspective and with special attention to the place of Greek democracy in political thought and debates about democracy throughout the centuries. Presents an original combination of a close synchronic and long diachronic examination of the Greek polis - city-states that gave rise to the first democratic system of governmentOffers a detailed study of the close interactionbetween democracy, society, and the arts in ancient GreecePlaces the invention of democracy in fifth-century bce Athens both in its broad social and cultural context and in the context of the re-emergence of democracy in the modern worldReveals the role Greek democracy played in the political and intellectual traditions that shaped modern democracy, and in the debates about democracy in modern social, political, and philosophical thoughtWritten collaboratively by an international team of leading scholars in classics, ancient history, sociology, and political science