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Record Nr.

UNINA9910345141403321

Autore

Parker Geoffrey <1933->

Titolo

Sovereign city : the city-state through history / / Geoffrey Parker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Reaktion, 2004

ISBN

1-282-26403-6

9786612264030

1-86189-459-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Collana

Globalities

Classificazione

15.50

Disciplina

321.06

Soggetti

City-states - History

Cites-Etats - Histoire

Stadstaten

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

The city has had a rich and tumultuous history, evolving from a powerful political entity in ancient times to its modern role as a local hub of tourism and commerce. Sovereign City examines the nature of the city's ever-changing status, as Geoffrey Parker investigates the city-state as a geopolitical form and explores its distinctive niche within different types of states. This probing work analyzes the various forms of city-states throughout world history, from the Greek polis, which Plato and Aristotle considered the perfect type of state, to the Roman imperial capital, to the political role