The Other Greeks: The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization

by: Hanson, V.D.

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For generations, scholars have focused on the rise of the Greek city-state and its brilliant cosmopolitan culture as the ultimate source of the Western tradition in literature, philosophy, and politics. This passionate book leads us outside the city walls to the countryside, where the vast majority of the Greek citizenry lived, to find the true source of the cultural wealth of Greek civilization. Victor Hanson shows that the real "Greek revolution" was not merely the rise of a free and democratic urban culture, but rather the historic innovation of the independent family farm. The farmers, vinegrowers, and herdsmen of ancient Greece are "the other Greeks," who formed the backbone of Hellenic civilization. It was these tough-minded, practical, and fiercely independent agrarians, Hanson contends, who gave Greek culture its distinctive emphasis on private property, constitutional government, contractual agreements, infantry warfare, and individual rights. Hanson's reconstruction of ancient Greek farm life, informed by hands-on knowledge of the subject (he is a fifth-generation California vine- and fruit-grower) is fresh, comprehensive, and absorbing. His detailed chronicle of the rise and tragic fall of the Greek city-state also helps us to grasp the implications of what may be the single most significant trend in American life today--the imminent extinction of the family farm

Subjects:
Agriculture Aspect économique Grèce Histoire
Agriculture Economic aspects
Agriculture Economic aspects Greece
Agriculture Economic aspects Greece History
Agriculture Economics
Agriculture ancienne Grèce
Agriculture, Ancient
Agriculture, Ancient Greece
Bauernleben
Civilisation ancienne
Civilization, Classical
Exploitations agricoles familiales Grèce Histoire
Family farms
Family farms Greece
Family farms Greece History
Family farms history
Geschichte
Gesellschaft
Greece
Greece Rural conditions
Grèce Conditions rurales
Griechenland
Griechenland <Altertum>
Griekse oudheid
History
Land use Greece
Land use, Rural
Land use, Rural Greece History
Landwirtschaft
Plattelandsbevolking
Rural conditions
Utilisation agricole du sol Grèce Histoire

xvi, 541 pages ; 25 cm

The Other Greeks: The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization

by: Hanson, V.D.

• ISBN-13: 9780029137512 / 978-0-02-913751-2
• ISBN-03: 0029137519 / 0-02-913751-9
• The Free Press, New York, 1995

Price: 65,00 EURO

1 copy in stock