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Autore |
Parker Geoffrey <1933-> |
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Titolo |
Sovereign city : the city-state through history / / Geoffrey Parker |
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ISBN |
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1-282-26403-6 |
9786612264030 |
1-86189-459-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Collana |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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City-states - History |
Cites-Etats - Histoire |
Stadstaten |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-239) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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