Sovereign city [[electronic resource] ] : the city-state through history / / Geoffrey Parker

• Autore: Parker Geoffrey <1933->
• Pubblicazione: London, : Reaktion, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Disciplina: 321.06
• Soggetto topico: City-states - History; Cités-États - Histoire; Stadstaten
• Classificazione: 15.50
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Sovereign city
• ISBN: 1-282-26403-6; 9786612264030; 1-86189-459-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910345141403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Globalities.