{"product_id":"phoenicia-carthage-and-popular-government-brett-kaufman-9780198867685","title":"Phoenicia, Carthage, and Popular Government in the Pre-Classical Mediterranean: The Other Democracy","description":"From Aristotle to John Adams, great minds of government have revered Carthaginian democracy as the purest expression of a people's will. Yet today, while Phoenician influence on the Graeco-Roman worlds has been revisited and corrected from the perspectives of art, architecture, industry, crafts, and writing systems, the sphere of government in general and constitutional democracy in particular are still largely, and incorrectly, considered to be purely within the preserve of ancient Greece or Athens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is the first comprehensive treatment of Phoenician government, drawing on archaeological, epigraphic, and historical sources. The Phoenicians introduced a brand of state-level society that enfranchised not only men, but also women, children, and even slaves into the popular assembly. Phoenician governmental leaders fostered a foreign and domestic policy that emphasized development, political stability, and economic growth insured by mutual incentives, as well as shared ritual practice, marriage alliances, social mobility, and concern for commoners, at home and abroad. This sustainable form of global leadership lasted for around eight centuries ( 1000-146 BC). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis work in no way attempts to diminish the exceptional Athenian democracy and its subsequent positive effects on political history and the peoples who have benefited from its legacy. Rather this work amplifies ancient Greek democracy to help us better understand its origins, as well as expanding democratic heritage. In turn, it serves as an historical corrective that recenters democracy as a conversation and a competition between peoples as opposed to a monolithic institution. It highlights an alternative model of imperial democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brett Kaufman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198867689\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198867685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Brett Kaufman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48066658926847,"sku":"9780198867685","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a434feb2-8dfc-45d8-8b0c-884a653dc197.jpg?v=1768679737","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/phoenicia-carthage-and-popular-government-brett-kaufman-9780198867685","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}