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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451082603321

Autore

Starr Chester G. <1914-1999.>

Titolo

Individual and community [[electronic resource] ] : the rise of the polis, 800-500 B.C. / / Chester G. Starr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1986

ISBN

1-280-52309-3

0-19-536498-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 p.)

Disciplina

320.938

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Greece History To 146 B.C

Greece Politics and government To 146 B.C

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I: Land, Sea, and Sun; II: An Age of Chieftains; III: Crystallization of the Polis; IV: Patriotism and Divisiveness; V: Upheaval and Reform; VI: The Polis World in 500 B.C.; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this study, the first systematic exploration of the forces that created the political framework for Greek civilization, Starr shows how the Greeks emerged from a Homeric world of individuals to the polis of 500 BC.