Description |
253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
Series |
Globalities
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Globalities.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index. |
Contents |
Nation, empire, and city : a geopolitical typology of states -- The birth of the city-state -- The ancient Greek polis -- The Hellenistic foundations -- No mean city : Rome from urbs to imperium -- Serenissma : Venice and the city-states of the Adriatic -- Bishops, Dukes, and republics : the city-states of Renaissance Italy -- Princes, Bishops, and republics : cities and city-states in Russia -- The German Hanse -- The comunidades of Castile -- City, province, and nation in the Netherlands -- Third Rome versus city republics : Moscow, Novgorod, and the Baltic -- The fall and rise of the Hanse cities -- The globalization of the city-state -- Epilogue : the ideal and the reality. |
Subject |
City-states -- History.
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City-states. |
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History. |
ISBN |
1861892195 |
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9781861892195 |
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