Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece, Revised Edition

"The book is excellent. . . . Hanson's literary style is clean and lucid, a delight to read."—Walter Donlan, University of California, Irvine

"Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece presents a closely argued and thoroughly supported critique of an entire tendency in classical scholarship to think uncritically about agriculture. . . . Hanson's success in this results in an admirably short work that is full of interest, not just for classical scholars but also for military, agriculture, and environmental historians."—Colin Duncan, Queen's University, Ontario

About the author

Victor Davis Hanson is Professor of Classics at California State University, Fresno, and author of The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece (1986), The Other Greeks: The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization (1995), and Fields Without Dreams: Defending the Agrarian Idea (1996).

Summary

This text provides a systematic review of Greek agriculture and warfare, and describes the relationship between these two important aspects of life in ancient communities. The author gives particular attention to agronomic as well as military details.

Product details

• Authors: Victor Davis Hanson, Hanson Victor Davis
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.1998
• EAN: 9780520215962
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21596-2
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Biblioteca Di Studi Antichi; Biblioteca Di Studi Antichi
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Warfare & defence, Ancient History, Warfare and defence, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING