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224 pages • first pub 1988 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 9781784781972
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Verso
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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...
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224 pages • first pub 1988 (editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 9781784781972
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Verso
Publication date: Not specified
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...