Edition |
Rev. ed. |
Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 281 pages). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Biblioteca di studi antichi ; 40
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Biblioteca di studi antichi ; 40.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-251) and index. |
Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Introduction; PART ONE: THE ATTACK ON AGRICULTURE; 1. Military Organization; 2. The Methods of Agricultural Destruction; PART TWO: THE DEFENSE OF AGRICULTURE; 3. Fortification; 4. Evacuation; 5. Sorties; PART THREE: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AGRICULTURAL DEVASTATION; 6. The Devastation of Attica during the Peloponnesian War; Conclusion; Appendix: The Vocabulary of Agricultural Devastation; Select Bibliography; Updated Commentary and Bibliography; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N. |
Summary |
The ancient Greeks were for the most part a rural, not an urban, society. And for much of the Classical period, war was more common than peace. Almost all accounts of ancient history assume that farming and fighting were critical events in the lives of the citizenry. Yet never before have we had a comprehensive modern study of the relationship between agriculture and warfare in the Greek world. In this completely revised edition of Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece, Victor Davis Hanson provides a systematic review of Greek agriculture and warfare and describes the relationship between these two important aspects of life in ancient communities. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Peloponnesian War (Greece : 431-404 B.C.) |
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Agriculture -- Defense measures -- Greece -- History.
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Agriculture -- Defense measures. |
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Greece. |
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History. |
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War damage, Industrial -- Greece -- History.
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War damage, Industrial. |
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Attikē (Greece) -- History.
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Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
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Attike (Greece) -- History. |
Chronological Term |
431-404 B.C |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Hanson, Victor Davis. Warfare and agriculture in classical Greece. Rev. ed. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1998 0520210255 (DLC) 97052207 (OCoLC)38199332 |
ISBN |
9780520921757 (electronic book) |
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0520921755 (electronic book) |
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0585154856 (electronic book) |
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9780585154855 (electronic book) |
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9780520215962 |
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0520215966 |
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0520210255 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520215966 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780520210257 |
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