| Description |
viii, 237 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"This book is an enlarged and revised version of my Danish book Polis : den oldgræske bystatskultur (Copenhagen, 2004)"--P. [v] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-214) and indexes. |
| Contents |
I: City-states in world history -- Cities, states, city-states and city-state cultures -- A sketch of the thirty-seven identified city-state cultures -- 'Country-states' versus city-state cultures -- II: The city-state culture in ancient Greece -- The unity of the city-state culture of ancient Greece -- The rise of the ancient Greek city-state culture -- The end of the city-state culture in ancient Greece -- How Poleis arose and disappeared -- What is a Polis? An investigation of the concept of 'Polis' -- The 'Polis' as city and state -- Polis as city -- The settlement pattern of the ancient Greek city-states -- The size and population of the cities -- The demography of the Greek city-state culture -- The economy of the cities: Max Weber's 'ideal type' -- Polis as city in the Archaic Period -- The Greek conception of Polis as a city with a hinterland -- Polis as state. |
| Subject |
Cities and towns, Ancient -- Greece.
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Cities and towns, Ancient. |
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Greece. |
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City-states -- Greece.
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City-states. |
| ISBN |
0199208506 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780199208500 paperback alkaline paper |
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0199208492 hardback alkaline paper |
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9780199208494 hardback alkaline paper |
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