Property and wealth in classical Sparta
Record details
- ISBN: 9781905125845 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1905125844 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9781905125302
- ISBN: 1905125305
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (xiii, 498 pages) : illustrations, maps. - Edition: Pbk. edition.
- Publisher: Swansea : Classical Press of Wales ; [2009]
- Copyright: ©2009
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally published in hardback: London: Duckworth, 2000. Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-484) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Spartan economic egalitarianism and communitarianism in modern thought -- The growth of the dominant egalitarian image in ancient thought -- The ownership and inheritance of land, revisited -- Helotage and the exploitation of Spartan territory -- Movable wealth: ownership, acquisition, and exchange -- Public rights over private property -- Restrictions on the use of wealth in Spartiate life -- Restrictions on the use of wealth: burial and funerary practice -- Material and religious investment: bronze dedications at Sparta and abroad -- Equestrian competition: participation and expenditure -- The use of wealth in personal and political relations -- Spartiate household economies: towards an estimate of a balance-sheet -- Property concentration and the emergence of a plutocratic society. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Genre: | History. Electronic books. |