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Princeton: Princeton University Press. Very Good-. 1999. Paperback. 0691007365 . Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 408 pages; 1999 Princeton University Press. Large trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Snugly bound and generally neat. A small number of scattered pages with a cursory pencil underline or margin brakcet. Generally quite clean and fresh. VG- .

Princeton University Press, 1999. Paperback. New. New trade softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. (6 x 1.02 x 9 inches) Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes bibliography, index, and figures. 408 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. The invention of coinage in ancient Greece provided an arena in which rival political groups struggled to imprint their views on the world. Here Leslie Kurke analyzes the ideological functions of Greek coinage as one of a number of symbolic practices that arise for the first time in the archaic period. By linking the imagery of metals and coinage to stories about oracles, prostitutes, Eastern tyrants, counterfeiting, retail trade, and games, she traces the rising egalitarian ideology of the polis, as well as the ongoing resistance of an elitist tradition to that development. The argument thus aims to contribute to a Greek "history of ideologies," to chart the ways ideological contestation works through concrete discourses and… Read More

Princeton University Press. Very Good. 1999. Softcover. 0691007365 . Minor edgewear to wraps. ; The invention of coinage in ancient Greece provided an arena in which rival political groups struggled to imprint their views on the world. Here Leslie Kurke analyzes the ideological functions of Greek coinage as one of a number of symbolic practices that arise for the first time in the archaic period. By linking the imagery of metals and coinage to stories about oracles, prostitutes, Eastern tyrants, counterfeiting, retail trade, and games, she traces the rising egalitarian ideology of the polis, as well as the ongoing resistance of an elitist tradition to that development. The argument thus aims to contribute to a Greek "history of ideologies," to chart the ways ideological contestation works through concrete discourses and practices long before the emergence of explicit political theory. ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.1 inches; 408 pages .

Paperback / softback. New. Analyzes the ideological functions of Greek coinage. By linking the imagery of metals and coinage to stories about oracles, prostitutes, Eastern tyrants, counterfeiting, retail trade, and games, this book traces the rising egalitarian ideology of the polis, as well as the resistance of an elitist tradition to that development.

Princeton University Press, 1999-08-09. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Princeton University Press, 1999-08-28. paperback. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing