The Origins of Citizenship in Ancient Athens by Philip Brook Manville PAPERBACK

The Origins of Citizenship in Ancient Athens\nby Philip Brook Manville\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Philip Brook Manville\nTitle: The Origins of Citizenship in Ancient Athens\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Ancient history\nPublisher: Princeton University Press\nPublication year: 2014\nISBN-13: 9780691600925\nISBN-10: 0691600929\nRRP: \u00A340.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nIn this unusual synthesis of political and socio-economic history, Philip Manville demonstrates that citizenship for the Athenians was not merely a legal construct but rather a complex concept that was both an institution and a mode of social behavior. He further shows that it was not static, as most scholarship has assumed, but rather has slowly evolved over time. The work is also an explanat.