Anthropology and the Greeks / Edition 1

by S.C. Humphreys

Overview

The first section of the book deals with the history of the relationship of classical studies and anthropology. In the second section the more material aspects of ancient Greek life are considered and the author relates the economic history of the period to new approaches in archaeology and economic anthropology.
The place of kinship in the social structure of the Greek city-state; the social factors involved in the genesis of Greek philosophy; and the structural and institutional components of 'freedom' in classical Athens are all examined.
First published in 1978.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415330640
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/26/2004
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Anthropology and Ethnography
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	372
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

S.C Humphreys- Departments of Anthropology and History, University College London

Table of Contents

Introduction; Part 1 Classical studies and anthropology; Chapter 1; Chapter 2 History, economics and anthropology: the work of Karl Polanyi; Chapter 3 The work of Louis Gernet; Part 2 Economy and society; Chapter 4 Archaeology and the social and economic history of classical Greece; Chapter 5 Town and country in ancient Greece; Chapter 6; Chapter 7 Homo politicus and homo economicus: war and trade in the economy of archaic and classical Greece; Part 3 Structure, context and communication; Chapter 8 The social structure of the ancient city; Chapter 9; Chapter 10 ;

Editorial Reviews

'Everyone interested in the ancient world (in the widest sense of the term) will be grateful for Mrs Humphreys' book.' - R.M. Ogilvie, The Times Higher Education Supplement

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