The Greek Polis and the invention of democracy : a politico-cultural transformation and its interpretations / edited by Johann P. Arnason, Kurt A. Raaflaub and Peter Wagner. [electronic resource] Arnason, Johann P. Raaflaub, Kurt A. Wagner, Peter, 1956 September 18- Civilization Greek influences. Democracy Greece History To 1500. JC75.D36 G73 2013 320.938/5 320.9385 909 PART III: Changing a Way of Life: Democracy's Impact on Polis Society. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. The Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy presents a series of essays that trace the Greeks' path to democracy and examine the connection between the Greek polis as a citizen state and democracy as well as the interaction between democracy and various forms of cultural expression from a comparative historical perspective and with special attention to the place of Greek democracy in political thought and debates about democracy throughout the centuries. Presents an original combination of a close synchronic and long diachronic examination of the Greek polis. Chicester : Wiley, 2013. 2013. 2013 Text 1 online resource (x, 594 pages). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118561768 eng Ancient World: Comparative Histories Ancient world--comparative histories. Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy : A Politico-Cultural Transformation and Its Interpretations. Greek Polis and the Invention of Democracy : A Politico-Cultural Transformation and Its Interpretations. Greece Politics and government To 146 B.C. Greece History To 146 B.C. Greece. fast (OCoLC)fst01208380 Greece Greece Greece Greece Greece Greece Greece