Democracy's beginning : the Athenian story / Thomas N. Mitchell.

"The first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago, has served as the foundation for every democratic system of government instituted down the centuries. In this lively history, author Thomas N. Mitchell tells the full and remarkable story of how a radical new political or...

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Main Author: Mitchell, Thomas N., 1939- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
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Physical Description:xii, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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