Feeding the Democracy The Athenian Grain Supply in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BC (Oxford Classical Monographs) Tapa dura - 2007

Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 420 pages. In Very good condition with a Very good dust jacket. Black spine with white lettering. Dust Jacket has mild shelf wear. Text block clean. Note: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. 1378731. FP New Rockville Stock.

Oxford: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 019922840X . Xix, 420 pp. Bibliography, index locorum, general index. 3 maps, 10 halftones, 5 tables. Frontic plate. Octavo. Black dust jacket with Athenian coin in Mylar, minimal shelf wear. Book itself is clean, owner name and address on first free end paper, otherwise unmarked. Nice copy. "The reliance of democracies on vital supplies of energy from distant and non-democratic sources is probably the most pressing and dangerous problem of modern times, but it is not a new phenomenon. Classical Athens, the birthplace of democracy and the largest and historically most important of the ancient Greek city-states, depended for its survival on the constant importation of grain from overseas lands as remote as Ukraine and southern Russia, and this trade was ultimately controlled by powerful politicians, wealthy landowners, and kings. Alfonso Moreno examines how this resource need determined… Leer más

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007. Hardcover. Octavo, xix, 420 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is black with white print. Dust jacket in mylar. Boards in black cloth. Illustrated: b&w. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column G (ND-G). 1378306. FP New Rockville Stock.

Oxford University Press, 2007. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New copy No additions