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The birth of politics : eight Greek and Roman political ideas and why they matter /
[An introduction] to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democrary, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire ... [Lane] focuses on eight political ideas from the Greco-Roman world that are especially influential today ... an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | [An introduction] to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democrary, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire ... [Lane] focuses on eight political ideas from the Greco-Roman world that are especially influential today ... and describes how the ancient formulations of these ideas often challenge widely held modern assumptions. -- from publisher description on book jacket. |
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| Notas: | Originally published in the United Kingdom as Greek and Roman political ideas; a Pelican introduction. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource ([10], 381 pages) : illustrations (maps, charts) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-355) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400865543 1400865549 9780141976167 0141976160 |