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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Approaching the Athenian public sphere; The institutional public sphere; The extra-institutional public sphere; A synthesis; Plan of the book; Chapter 1 A tour of the Agora; A brief history of the Agora; How pure an Agora?; Chapter 2 Athenian social networks; Citizen associations; "Mixed" associations; Socializing in shops; Putting the networks to work: enforcement and the public sphere; Chapter 3 The problem of non-institutional politics. |
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Separating the institutional from the extra-institutional The problem of supplication; "Pitiable theatrics": further critics of supplication; Chapter 4 Institutionalizing theatricality in the Assembly; Supplication on the schedule; The sponsors of the suppliants; Chapter 5 Publicity stunts in Athenian politics; A woman named Phye; Ephialtes "naked" at the altar; A mournful Apaturia; The decline of the political stunt; The rise of logography; Chapter 6 Slaves in the Theseion; Slaves on the run; Aphairesis; False citizens; What was going on in the Theseion?; Chapter 7 The Magnesian Street. |
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Absent presence in the electionsWomen as "bearers" of the Magnesian public sphere; The guardianship of the Nocturnal Council; Disciplining Magnesian praise and blame; Conclusion; Works cited; Index. |
| Summary |
Examines ''informal'' politics, like gossip and political theatrics, and how they related to more ''formal'' politics of assembly and courts. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Democracy -- Greece -- Athens -- History.
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Democracy. |
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Greece -- Athens. |
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History. |
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Athens (Greece) -- Politics and government -- Early works to 1800.
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Agora (Athens, Greece) -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Early works.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gottesman, Alex. Politics and the street in democratic Athens 1107041686 (DLC) 2014020406 (OCoLC)881655515 |
| ISBN |
9781316076613 (ebook) |
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131607661X (ebook) |
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9781316074244 (electronic book) |
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1316074242 (electronic book) |
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9781107300507 (electronic book) |
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1107300509 (electronic book) |
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1107041686 |
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9781107041684 |
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9781316078983 |
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1316078981 |
| Standard No. |
40024181872 |
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