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" Individual and community : "
Chester G. Starr.
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BL
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964690
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b719060
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| Main Entry
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Starr, Chester G.
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Individual and community : : the rise of the polis, 800-500 B.C. /\ Chester G. Starr.
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New York :: Oxford University Press USA,, 1986.
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1 online resource (x, 133 pages)
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0195364988
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: 1280523093
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: 6610523096
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: 9780195364989
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: 9781280523090
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: 9786610523092
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0195039718
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9780195039719
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-130) and index.
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| Contents
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Cover -- Contents -- I: Land, Sea, and Sun -- Geography and Climate -- A Rural World -- The Shining Sea -- Rise and Fall of the Early Aegean World -- II: An Age of Chieftains -- Tribes and Chieftains -- Political Procedures in the Iliad -- The Power of the Basileus -- The Beginnings of Change: The Odyssey and Hesiod -- Social Structure and Values -- III: Crystallization of the Polis -- Appearance of the Polis -- The Physical Evidence -- Anthropological Models -- The Early Polis -- IV: Patriotism and Divisiveness -- The Demands of War -- Consolidation of Government -- The Aristocratic Way of Life -- Aristocratic Search for Wealth -- V: Upheaval and Reform -- Cities, Coins and Thinkers -- Reforms: Sparta and Athens -- Tyrants -- VI: The Polis World in 500 B.C. -- Athenian Democracy -- Greek Oligarchies -- The Perfected Polis -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Z -- Last Page.
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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.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Process-- General.
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Politics and government
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Griekse oudheid.
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Stadstaten.
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Greece, Politics and government, To 146 B.C.
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Grèce, Politique et gouvernement, Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
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Grèce, politique et gouvernement, jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
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Greece.
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| Dewey Classification
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320.938
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JC73.S68 1986eb
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