Polis: An Introduction to the Ancient Greek City-State
| AUTHOR | Hansen, Mogens Herman |
| PUBLISHER | OUP Oxford (11/30/2006) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
From antiquity until the nineteenth century, there have been two types of state: macro-states, each dotted with a number of cities, and regions broken up into city-states, each consisting of an urban center and its hinterland. A region settled with interacting city-states constituted a city-state culture and Polis opens with a description of the concepts of city, state, city-state, and city-state culture, and a survey of the 37 city-state cultures so far identified. Mogens Herman Hansen provides a thoroughly accessible introduction to the polis (plural: poleis), or ancient Greek city-state, which represents by far the largest of all city-state cultures. He addresses such topics as the emergence of the polis, its size and population, and its political organization, ranging from famous poleis such as Athens and Sparta through more than 1,000 known examples.
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ISBN-13:
9780199208500
ISBN-10:
0199208506
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
248
Carton Quantity:
34
Product Dimensions:
5.25 x 0.56 x 8.08 inches
Weight:
0.68 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Table of Contents,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
History | Ancient - Greece
History | Sociology - Urban
Dewey Decimal:
307.760
Library of Congress Control Number:
2006030627
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From antiquity until the nineteenth century, there have been two types of state: macro-states, each dotted with a number of cities, and regions broken up into city-states, each consisting of an urban center and its hinterland. A region settled with interacting city-states constituted a city-state culture and Polis opens with a description of the concepts of city, state, city-state, and city-state culture, and a survey of the 37 city-state cultures so far identified. Mogens Herman Hansen provides a thoroughly accessible introduction to the polis (plural: poleis), or ancient Greek city-state, which represents by far the largest of all city-state cultures. He addresses such topics as the emergence of the polis, its size and population, and its political organization, ranging from famous poleis such as Athens and Sparta through more than 1,000 known examples.
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Author:
Hansen, Mogens Herman
Mogens Herman Hansen is Director of the Copenhagen Polis Centre and author of Sovereignty of the People's Count in Athens, Demography and Democracy, The Athenian Assembly in the Age of Demosthenes, and Polis and City-State: An Ancient Concept and Its Modern Equivalent.
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