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Author Hansen, Mogens Herman, 1940-

Title Polis : an introduction to the ancient Greek city-state / Mogens Herman Hansen.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2006]
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 237 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-214) and indexes.
Contents I, City-states in world history. Cities, states, city-states and city-state cultures -- A sketch of the thirty-seven identified city-state cultures -- 'Country-states' versus city-state cultures -- II, The city-state culture in ancient Greece. The unity of the city-state culture of ancient Greece -- The rise of the ancient Greek city-state culture -- The end of the city-state culture in ancient Greece -- How poleis arose and disappeared -- What is a polis? : an investigation of the concept of 'polis' -- The 'polis' as city and state -- Polis as city -- The settlement pattern of the ancient Greek city-states -- The size and population of the cities -- The demography of the Greek city-state culture -- The economy of the cities : Max Weber's 'ideal type' -- Polis as city in the Archaic period -- The Greek conception of polis as a city with a hinterland -- Polis as state -- Army -- Religion -- State and society -- Civil war (stasis) -- Relationships between poleis -- The Hellenistic polis -- III, Conclusion. The polis compared with other city-state cultures.
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Summary An accessible introduction to the polis (plural: poleis), or ancient Greek city-state. Mogens Herman Hansen addresses such topics as the emergence of the polis, its size and population, and its political culture, ranging from famous poleis such as Athens and Sparta through more than 1,000 known examples. - ;From antiquity until the nineteenth century, there have been two types of state: macro-states, each dotted with a number of cities, and regions broken up into city-states, each consisting of an urban centre and its hinterland. A region settled with interacting city-states constituted a city.
Subject Cities and towns, Ancient -- Greece.
City-states -- Greece.
Cities and towns, Ancient.
City-states.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
Cities and towns, Ancient. (OCoLC)fst00861870
City-states. (OCoLC)fst00862315
Greece. (OCoLC)fst01208380
Stadstaten.
Griekse oudheid.
Polis.
Added Title Polis. Danish
Other Form: Print version: Hansen, Mogens Herman, 1940- Polis. Danish. Polis. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2006030627
ISBN 0191526037 (electronic bk.)
9780191526039 (electronic bk.)
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