{"product_id":"peasant-citizen-and-slave-the-foundations-of-athenian-democracy-9780860919117","title":"Peasant-Citizen and Slave: The Foundations of Athenian Democracy","description":"The controversial thesis at the center of this study is that, despite the importance of slavery in Athenian society, the most distinctive characteristic of Athenian democracy was the unprecedented prominence it gave to free labor. Wood argues that the emergence of the peasant as citizen, juridically and politically independent, accounts for much that is remarkable in Athenian political institutions and culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom a survey of historical writings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the focus of which distorted later debates, Wood goes on to take issue with recent arguments, such as those of G.E.M. de Ste Croix, about the importance of slavery in agricultural production. The social, political and cultural influence of the peasant-citizen is explored in a way which questions some of the most cherished conventions of Marxist and non-Marxist historiography. This book will be of great interest to ancient historians, classicists, anthropologists and political theorists, as well as to a wider reading public.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen Meiksins Wood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780860919117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Meiksins Wood, \u003c\/b\u003e for many years Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto, is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eDemocracy Against Capitalism \u003c\/i\u003eand, with Verso, \u003ci\u003eThe Pristine Culture of Capitalism, The Origin of Capitalism, Peasant-Citizen and Slave, Citizens to Lords, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmpire of Capital \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLiberty and Property\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40431475654771,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_5e63baed-c5c8-4d5c-8288-6a925baca6cf.jpg?v=1662905974","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/peasant-citizen-and-slave-the-foundations-of-athenian-democracy-9780860919117","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}