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Author Hanson, Victor Davis, author.

Title Warfare and agriculture in classical Greece / Victor Davis Hanson.

Publication Info. Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [1998]
©1998

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Edition Rev. ed.
Description 1 online resource (xviii, 281 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Biblioteca di studi antichi ; 40
Biblioteca di studi antichi ; 40.
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.
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Subject Peloponnesian War (Greece : 431-404 B.C.)
Agriculture -- Defense measures -- Greece -- History.
Agriculture -- Defense measures.
Greece.
History.
War damage, Industrial -- Greece -- History.
War damage, Industrial.
Attikē (Greece) -- History.
Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
Attike (Greece) -- History.
Chronological Term 431-404 B.C
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
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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0520210255 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0520215966 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780520210257