The other Greeks : the family farm and the agrarian roots of western civilization /
Everyone has been taught that the Greek city-state is the ultimate source of the Western tradition in literature, philosophy, and politics. For generations, scholars have focused on the rise of the city-state and its brilliant cosmopolitan culture. Now Victor Hanson, the author of several studies of...
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Free Press,
[1995], ©1995
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Agrarianism, Ancient and Modern: The Origin of Western Values and the Price of Their Decline
- Pt. 1. The Rise of Small Farmers in Ancient Greece. 1. The Liberation of Agriculture. 2. Laertes' Farm: The Rise of Intensive Greek Agriculture. 3. Hesiod's Works and Days: The Privilege of the Struggle. 4. The Ways of Farmers
- Pt. 2. The Preservation of Agrarianism. 5. Before Democracy: Agricultural Egalitarianism and the Ideology Behind Greek Constitutional Government. 6. The Ways of Fighters. 7. The Economy of Agrarian Warfare
- Pt. 3. To Lose a Culture. 8. Hoplites as Dinosaurs. 9. The Erosion of the Agrarian Polis
- 10. Epilogue: World Beneath Our Feet
- Appendix: Farming Words
- Introduction: Agrarianism, Ancient and Modern: The Origin of Western Values and the Price of Their Decline
- Pt. 1 Rise of Small Farmers in Ancient Greece
- 1. Liberation of Agriculture
- 2. Laertes' Farm: The Rise of Intensive Greek Agriculture
- 3. Hesiod's Works and Days: The Privilege of the Struggle
- 4. Ways of Farmers
- Pt. 2. Preservation of Agrarianism
- 5. Before Democracy: Agricultural Egalitarianism and the Ideology Behind Greek Constitutional Government
- 6. Ways of Fighters
- 7. Economy of Agrarian Warfare
- Pt. 3. To Lose a Culture
- 8. Hoplites as Dinosaurs
- 9. Erosion of the Agrarian Polis. 10. Epilogue: World Beneath Our Feet
- Appendix: Farming Words.
- Introduction: Agrarianism, Ancient and Modern: The Origin of Western Values and the Price of Their Decline
- Pt. 1 The Rise of Small Farmers in Ancient Greece. 1. The Liberation of Agriculture. 2. Laertes' Farm: The Rise of Intensive Greek Agriculture. 3. Hesiod's Works and Days: The Privilege of the Struggle. 4. The Ways of Farmers
- Pt. 2. The Preservation of Agrarianism. 5. Before Democracy: Agricultural Egalitarianism and the Ideology Behind Greek Constitutional Government. 6. The Ways of Fighters. 7. The Economy of Agrarian Warfare
- Pt. 3. To Lose a Culture. 8. Hoplites as Dinosaurs. 9. The Erosion of the Agrarian Polis. 10. Epilogue: World Beneath Our Feet
- Appendix: Farming Words.