TY - BOOK AU - Hanson,Victor Davis TI - Warfare and agriculture in classical Greece T2 - Biblioteca di studi antichi SN - 9780520921757 AV - UA929.95.A35 H27 1998eb U1 - 338.1/4 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Berkeley, Calif. PB - University of California Press KW - Agriculture KW - Defense measures KW - Greece KW - History KW - War damage, Industrial KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS KW - Industries KW - Agribusiness KW - bisacsh KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING KW - Sustainable Agriculture KW - HISTORY KW - Ancient KW - General KW - fast KW - Kriegf�uhrung KW - gnd KW - Zerst�orung KW - Peloponnesischer Krieg KW - Ackerbau KW - Acker KW - Landbouw KW - gtt KW - Oorlogvoering KW - Griekse oudheid KW - Guerre KW - Aspect �economique KW - Gr�ece KW - Antiquit�e KW - ram KW - Agriculture ancienne KW - Krieg KW - swd KW - Attik�e (Greece) KW - Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C KW - Attik�e KW - Griechenland KW - Altertum KW - Histoire KW - 431-404 av. J.-C. (guerre du P�eloponn�ese) KW - Attique (Gr�ece) KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-251) and index; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Introduction; PART ONE: THE ATTACK ON AGRICULTURE; 1. Military Organization; 2. The Methods of Agricultural Destruction; PART TWO: THE DEFENSE OF AGRICULTURE; 3. Fortification; 4. Evacuation; 5. Sorties; PART THREE: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AGRICULTURAL DEVASTATION; 6. The Devastation of Attica during the Peloponnesian War; Conclusion; Appendix: The Vocabulary of Agricultural Devastation; Select Bibliography; Updated Commentary and Bibliography; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N N2 - The ancient Greeks were for the most part a rural, not an urban, society. And for much of the Classical period, war was more common than peace. Almost all accounts of ancient history assume that farming and fighting were critical events in the lives of the citizenry. Yet never before have we had a comprehensive modern study of the relationship between agriculture and warfare in the Greek world. In this completely revised edition of Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece, Victor Davis Hanson provides a systematic review of Greek agriculture and warfare and describes the relationship between these two important aspects of life in ancient communities UR - https://libproxy.firstcity.edu.my:8443/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=13085 ER -