Phoenicians Among Others: Why Migrants Mattered in the Ancient Mediterranean (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780197634851)

Phoenicians among Others provides the first history of Phoenician immigrants in the ancient Mediterranean from the fourth to the first centuries BCE. Through an examination of inscriptions, many bilingual in Phoenician and Greek or Egyptian, Phoenicians among Others demonstrates how mobility and migration challenged migrants and states alike. Far from being excluded, and despite facing prejudices, immigrants mobilized adaptive strategies to mediate their experiences and encourage a sense of membership and belonging, constructed new identities, and transformed the societies they joined.

By integrating the voices and histories of immigrants with those of the states in which they lived, Denise Demetriou highlights the diverse ways that migrants influenced the development of societies, introduced new institutions, shaped the policies of their home and host states, made notions of citizenship more fluid, and changed the course of local, regional, and Mediterranean histories.

Author: Denise Demetriou
ISBN-10: 0197634850
ISBN-13: 9780197634851
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 06/16/2023
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.49w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2024