The Threshold of Democracy Athens in 403 B.C |
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| Author:
| Carnes, Mark C.
Ober, Josiah |
| Series title: | Reacting to the Past Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-321-33303-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2004 |
| Publisher: | Longman Publishing Group
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.60 |
Book Description:
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Innovative and engaging, The Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 B.C. explores the intellectual dynamics of democracy by recreating the historical context that shaped its evolution.
Part of the "Reacting to the Past" series, this text consists of elaborate games in which students are assigned roles, informed by classic texts, set in particular moments of intellectual and social ferment. Issues of the time are sorted out by a polity fractured into radical and...
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Innovative and engaging, The Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 B.C. explores the intellectual dynamics of democracy by recreating the historical context that shaped its evolution.
Part of the "Reacting to the Past" series, this text consists of elaborate games in which students are assigned roles, informed by classic texts, set in particular moments of intellectual and social ferment. Issues of the time are sorted out by a polity fractured into radical and moderate democrats, oligarchs, and Socratics, among others.