The other Greeks : the family farm and the agrarian roots of western civilization /

• Main Author: Hanson, Victor Davis
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999.
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Subjects: Land use, Rural > Greece > History.; Agriculture, Ancient > Greece.; Agriculture > Economic aspects > Greece > History.; Family farms > Greece > History.; Civilization, Classical.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.; Agriculture, Ancient; Agriculture > Economic aspects.; Family farms.; Land use, Rural.; Rural conditions.; Gesellschaft; Landwirtschaft; Bauernleben; Greece > Rural conditions.; Greece.; Griechenland > Altertum; Electronic books.; History.

"For generations, scholars have focused on the Greek city-state and its brilliant cosmopolitan culture as the ultimate source of the Western tradition in literature, philosophy, and politics. This passionate book leads us outside the city walls to the countryside, where the majority of the Gree...