Polis expansion and elite power in Hellenistic Karia /

Polis expansion and elite power in Hellenistic Karia /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	LaBuff, Jeremy, author.
Imprint:	Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]
Description:	xviii, 257 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic world Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic world.
Subject:	City-states -- Greece -- History. Hellenism. City-states. Civilization. Hellenism. Caria -- History. Caria -- Civilization. Greece. Turkey -- Caria. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10489608

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ISBN:	9781498513999 1498513999 9781498514002
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book synthesizes the history of Hellenistic Karia and offers new interpretations for the motives behind cases of sympoliteia, or the merging of city-states, in the region. This study presents new readings of inscriptional evidence, nuancing our understanding of the dynamics of democracy in the Hellenistic period"--

Table of Contents:

List of Figures
List of Maps
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction: The Implications of Sympoliteia for Identities in the Hellenistic Polls
1. Histories of Karia
2. The sympoliteiai
3. Finding Elite Activity & Motivation: A Prosopographical Analysis
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
About the Author