Peasant-Citizen & Slave: The Foundations of Athenian Democracy (Corrected Pbk) by Ellen Meiksins Wood

Peasant-Citizen & Slave: The Foundations of Athenian Democracy (Corrected Pbk)

Ellen Meiksins Wood

220 pages paperback 1988

4 editions

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
More Options

Read With Others

Book Information

Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

The controversial thesis at the center of this study is that, despite the importance of slavery in Athenian society, the most distinctive characteristic of Athenian democracy was the unprecedented prominence it gave to free labor. Wood argues that...

Show More

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...