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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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | [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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| Item Description: | Originally published in the United Kingdom as Greek and Roman political ideas; a Pelican introduction. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 pages): illustrations (maps, charts) |
| ISBN: | 9781400865543 |