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UNINA9910450372903321 |
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Dickie Matthew W |
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Titolo |
Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World / / by Matthew W Dickie and Matthew W. Dickie |
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Boca Raton, FL : , : Taylor and Francis, an imprint of Routledge, , [2003] |
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©2001 |
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0-203-16430-X |
1-134-53337-3 |
1-280-02117-9 |
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[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (389 p.) |
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Magic, Ancient |
Magic, Greek |
Magic, Roman |
Electronic books. |
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The formation and nature of the Greek concept of magic; 2 Sorcerers in the fifth and fourth centuries BC; 3 Sorceresses in the Athens of the fifth and fourth centuries BC; 4 Sorcerers in the Greek world of the Hellenistic period (300-1BC); 5 Magic as a distinctive category in Roman thought; 6 Constraints on magicians in the Late Roman Republic and underthe Empire; 7 Sorcerers and sorceresses in Rome in the Middle and LateRepublic and under the Early Empire |
8 Witches and magicians in the provinces of the Roman Empireuntil the time of Constantine9 Constraints on magicians under a Christian Empire; 10 Sorcerers and sorceresses from Constantine to the end of theseventh century AD; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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This study is the first to assemble the evidence for the existence of sorcerors in the ancient world; it also addresses the question of their identity and social origins. The resulting investigation takes us to the underside of Greek and Roman society, into a world of wandering holy men and women, conjurors and wonder-workers, and into the lives of |
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prostitutes, procuresses, charioteers and theatrical performers.This fascinating reconstruction of the careers of witches and sorcerors allows us to see into previously inaccessible areas of Greco-Roman life. Compelling for both its detail and clarity, and with an extraordinarily revealing breadth of evidence employed, it will be an essential resource for anyone studying ancient magic. |
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UNINA9910821829303321 |
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Autore |
Ortiz Stephen R |
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Beyond the Bonus March and GI Bill : How Veteran Politics Shaped the New Deal Era / / Stephen R. Ortiz |
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New York ; ; London, [England] : , : New York University Press, , 2010 |
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©2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (262 p.) |
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New Deal, 1933-1939 |
Protest movements - Washington (D.C.) - History - 20th century |
Veterans - Education - United States - History - 20th century |
Veterans - United States - Economic conditions - 20th century |
Veterans - Government policy - United States - History - 20th century |
World War, 1914-1918 - Veterans - United States |
Veterans - Political activity - United States - History - 20th century |
United States Politics and government 1933-1945 |
United States Politics and government 1919-1933 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Veterans' policy and veteran organizations, 1917-1929 -- Rethinking the Bonus March -- The "New Deal" for veterans -- The Bonus re-emerges -- "The Pro-Bonus Party" -- Veteran politics and the New Deal's political triumph of 1936. |
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The period between World Wars I and II was a time of turbulent political change, with suffragists, labor radicals, demagogues, and other voices clamoring to be heard. One group of activists that has yet to be closely examined by historians is World War I veterans. Mining the papers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) and the American Legion (AL), Stephen R. Ortiz reveals that veterans actively organized in the years following the war to claim state benefits (such as pensions and bonuses), and strove to articulate a role for themselves as a distinct political bloc during the New Deal era. Bey |
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