Sovereign city : the city-state through history / Geoffrey Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, Geoffrey, 1933-

Series:

Globalities.

Globalities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City-states--History.

City-states.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Reaktion, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The city has had a rich and tumultuous history, evolving from a powerful political entity in ancient times to its modern role as a local hub of tourism and commerce. Sovereign City examines the nature of the city's ever-changing status, as Geoffrey Parker investigates the city-state as a geopolitical form and explores its distinctive niche within different types of states. This probing work analyzes the various forms of city-states throughout world history, from the Greek polis, which Plato and Aristotle considered the perfect type of state, to the Roman imperial capital, to the political role

Contents:

Nation, empire, and city : a geopolitical typology of states

The birth of the city-state

The ancient Greek polis

The Hellenistic foundations

No mean city : Rome from urbs to imperium

Serenissma : Venice and the city-states of the Adriatic

Bishops, Dukes, and republics : the city-states of Renaissance Italy

Princes, Bishops, and republics : cities and city-states in Russia

The German Hanse

The comunidades of Castile

City, province, and nation in the Netherlands

Third Rome versus city republics : Moscow, Novgorod, and the Baltic

The fall and rise of the Hanse cities

The globalization of the city-state

Epilogue : the ideal and the reality.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-239) and index.

ISBN:

9786612264030

9781282264038

1282264036

9781861894595

1861894597

OCLC:

437236596