The Origins of Citizenship in Ancient Athens / / Philip Brook Manville.

In this unusual synthesis of political and socio-economic history, Philip Manville demonstrates that citizenship for the Athenians was not merely a legal construct but rather a complex concept that was both an institution and a mode of social behavior. He further shows that it was not static, as mos...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1990
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 1058
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Paperback Edition
  • Preface
  • A Note on References and Abbreviations
  • Chapter One. Introduction: What was Athenian Citizenship?
  • Chapter Two. In Search of the Polis
  • Chapter Three. Early Society
  • Chapter Four. Laws, Boundaries, and Centralization
  • Chapter Five. Land, Society, and Population at the Beginning of the Sixth Century
  • Chapter Six. Solon and the "Invention" of the Athenian Polis
  • Chapter Seven. Tyranny, Trials, and the Triumph of Kleisthenes
  • Chapter Eight. Conclusion
  • References
  • Index