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Citizenship in the Western Tradition

Plato to Rousseau

Peter Riesenberg

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 11/2000
Pages: 348
Subject: Political Science | University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9780807864128

DESCRIPTION

Intended for both general readers and students, Peter Riesenberg's instructive book surveys Western ideas of citizenship from Greek antiquity to the French Revolution. It is striking to observe the persistence of important civic ideals and institutions over a period of 2,500 years and to learn how those ideals and institutions traveled over space and time, from the ancient Mediterranean to early modern France, England, and America.