About this title: In these interconnected essays the late Geoffrey de Ste. Croix defends the institutions of the Athenian democracy, showing that they were much more practical, rational, and impartial than has usually been acknowledged. A major essay provides a new view of Aristotle's use of sources in The Constitution of the Athenians, on which so much of our knowledge of Athenian constitutional history depends. Ste. Croix also argues that commercial factors had much less influence on Greek politics than modern scholars tend to assume, and that there was no such thing in any Greek state as a 'commercial ...
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Publisher: OUP Oxford
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780199285167ISBN:0199285160
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Date Published: 2005
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Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 216x138 mm. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (476) this is a defence 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 though written in the 1960s, these hitherto unpublished essays remain fresh and innovative. (Paperback) read more
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Publisher: OUP Oxford
Date Published: 2004
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Date Published: 2004
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Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 216x138 mm. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (472) this is a defence 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 though written in the 1960s, these hitherto unpublished essays remain fresh and innovative. (Hardback) read more
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Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780199285167ISBN:0199285160
Description: In these interconnected essays the late Geoffrey de Ste. Croix defends the institutions of the Athenian democracy, showing that they were much more practical, rational, and impartial than has usually been acknowledged. A major essay provides a new vi... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press(UK)
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780199285167ISBN:0199285160
Description: New. A defence of the Athenian democracy by a great radical historian, Geoffrey de Ste. This book shows how even its oddest features made sense, and illustrates the different factors influencing Athenian politics-for instance, trade and commercial intere... read more
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780199255177ISBN:0199255172
Description: New. 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 in... read more
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