Ancient World, The: A Social and Cultural Approach - Softcover
Offering analysis of the political, social, institutional, military, and cultural organization of the Ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome, this update of the 1996 edition makes a point of revising the social material in the text and emphasizes the relationship between society and the state that characterized the social order of antiquity. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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In Ancient World: A Social and Cultural History, Third Edition, Nagle examines the distinctive forms society took in the ancient world, focusing on the unusual relationship that characterized the social order of antiquity--society and the state.
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This comprehensive book chronicles the history of the ancient Mediterranean. It emphasizes social and cultural history, closely integrating the political, institutional and military climates in which they unfolded. Aspects of social history consider the family, gender relations, class structures, public vs. private realms, slavery, and popular culture; while the cultural perspective spans religion, art, architecture, leisure styles, philosophy, science, and education.
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- PublisherPrentice Hall
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0130807419
- ISBN 13 9780130807410
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages450
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