Other Greeks, The: The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization Softcover - 1999
by Hanson, Victor Davis
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- Title Other Greeks, The: The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization
- Author Hanson, Victor Davis
- Binding Softcover
- Edition 2nd 1st paperback edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 596
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley, CA
- Date 1999
- Features Bibliography, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 31941
- ISBN 9780520209350 / 0520209354
- Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
- Dimensions 8.96 x 6.02 x 1.45 in (22.76 x 15.29 x 3.68 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Library of Congress subjects Land use, Rural - Greece - History, Agriculture, Ancient - Greece
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99018181
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.16
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The farmers, vinegrowers, and herdsmen of ancient Greece are "the other Greeks", who formed the backbone of Hellenic civilization. It was these fiercely independent agrarians, Hanson contends, who gave Greek culture its emphasis on private property, constitutional government, 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.