The Athenian experiment : building an imagined political community in ancient Attica, 508-490 B.C. / Greg Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Greg, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Athens (Greece)--Politics and government.

Athens (Greece).

Physical Description:

xvii, 307 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2003]

Summary:

This book rewrites the political and public history of Athens.

Contents:

Part 1 Political Change 11

1 From City-State to Region-State 13

2 In Search of Popular Government 43

Part 2 Physical Setting 85

3 The Agora: Showcase for a New Regime 87

4 The Acropolis: New Departures among Old Certainties 104

Part 3 Imagined Community 121

5 Tribes, Heroes, and the "Reunification" of Attica 123

6 The New Order at War 147

7 The Festival of All the Athenians 158

8 Ritual Ties between Center and Periphery 178

9 Change and Memory 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-297) and index.

ISBN:

0472113208

OCLC:

51559035