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Challenging the modern assumption that ancient Athens is best understood as a polis, Edward Cohen boldly recasts our understanding of Athenian political and social life. Cohen demonstrates that ancient sources referred to Athens not only as a polis, but also as a "nation" (ethnos), and tha...

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Main Author: Cohen, Edward E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2000.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Griekse oudheid.
Sociale stratificatie.
Bewoners.
Burgerschap.
Social stratification.
Social conditions
Social classes.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Stratification sociale > Grece > Athenes > Histoire.
Classes sociales > Grece > Athenes > Histoire.
Social stratification > Greece > Athens > History.
Social classes > Greece > Athens > History.
Greece > Athens.
Greece.
Grece > Conditions sociales > Jusqu'à 146 av. J.-C.
Athenes (Grece) > Conditions sociales.
Greece > Social conditions > To 146 B.C.
Athens (Greece) > Social conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Athens as paradox
  • Athens as nation
  • Anomalous Athens
  • The local residents of Attika
  • An ancient construct : the Athenian nation
  • A modern myth : the Athenian village
  • Wealthy slaves in a "slave society"
  • The social contract : sexual abuse and sexual profit.

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