{"product_id":"republics-ancient-and-modern-volume-paul-a-rahe-9780807844731","title":"Republics Ancient and Modern, Volume I: The Ancien R馮ime in Classical Greece","description":"An assessment of the ancient Greek city and its subsequent influence. A masterwork of political theory and comparative politics for the classroom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In a series of sketches touching on everything from the lust for honor to the suspicion of commerce and philosophy, from the role of homoerotic bonds in maintaining military formations to the distrust of technological innovation, Rahe brilliantly reminds us how utterly committed the Greeks were to a politics in which the distribution of honors, education and culture in all their forms, and economic activity were all designed to preserve civic solidarity.--Jack N. Rakove, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] extraordinary book. . . . It is a great achievement and will stay as a landmark.--Patrick Leigh Fermor, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e (London) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A work of magisterial erudition.--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul a. Rahe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080784473X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807844731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.17w x 1.14d","brand":"Paul a. Rahe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992469111039,"sku":"9780807844731","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73de2483-b623-4f12-98bb-4015be546811.jpg?v=1683319115","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/republics-ancient-and-modern-volume-paul-a-rahe-9780807844731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}