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Genesis -- Servants of the city -- Strange slaves -- The democratic order of knowledge -- The mysteries of the Greek state
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-01-09 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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The ancient Greek statesman is a familiar figure in the Western political tradition. Less well known is the administrator who ran the state but who was himself
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Authors: Ellen Meiksins Wood
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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 Athe
Sites of Slavery
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Democracy's Reconstruction
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Authors: Katharine Lawrence Balfour
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In Democracy's Reconstruction, the latest addition to Cathy Cohen and Fredrick Harris's Transgressing Boundaries series, noted political theorist Lawrie Balfour