The Ancient City / Arjan Zuiderhoek, Universiteit Gent, Belgium.
The Ancient City / Arjan Zuiderhoek, Universiteit Gent, Belgium.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
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G 2017/1933
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
1. Introduction: the ancient city as concept and reality -- 2. Origins, development and spread of cities in the ancient world -- 3. City and country -- 4. Urban landscape and environment -- 5. Politics and political institutions -- 6. Civic ritual and civic identity -- 7. Urban society: stratificati...
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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"Greece and Rome were quintessentially urban societies. Ancient culture, politics and society arose and developed in the context of the polis and the civitas. In modern scholarship, the ancient city has been the subject of intense debates due to the strong association in Western thought between urbanism, capitalism and modernity. In this book, Arja...
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The Ancient City / Arjan Zuiderhoek, Universiteit Gent, Belgium.
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Key themes in ancient history
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-220) and index.
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G 2017/1933
Record Identifier
74VKVaJOqKJy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVaJOqKJy
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ISBN
0521166012 (paperback)
9780521198356 (hardback)
0521198356 (hardback)
9780521166010 (paperback)
DDC
307.760938
MMS ID
991024101018902626
