Descript |
xiii, 498 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
Note |
Originally published in hardback: London: Duckworth, 2000. |
Contents |
Spartan economic egalitarianism and communitarianism in modern thought -- The growth of the dominant egalitarian image in ancient thought -- The ownership and inheritance of land, revisited -- Helotage and the exploitation of Spartan territory -- Movable wealth: ownership, acquisition, and exchange -- Public rights over private property -- Restrictions on the use of wealth in Spartiate life -- Restrictions on the use of wealth: burial and funerary practice -- Material and religious investment: bronze dedications at Sparta and abroad -- Equestrian competition: participation and expenditure -- The use of wealth in personal and political relations -- Spartiate household economies: towards an estimate of a balance-sheet -- Property concentration and the emergence of a plutocratic society. |
ISBN |
9781905125302 (pbk.) |
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1905125305 (pbk.) |
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