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THE SHOTGUN METHOD
THE DEMOGRAPHY OF THE ANCIENT GREEK CITY-STATE CULTURE |
| By: |
Mogens Herman Hansen |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£51.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0826216676 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780826216670 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 2006 |
| Series: |
Fordyce W.Mitchel Memorial Lectures |
| Pages: |
160 |
| Description: |
Employing a "shotgun method", the author derives approximate Greek population figures throughout the ancient world - in both the Greek homeland and its colonies, explaining his reconstruction step by step. He argues that, in the age of Alexander the Great, the population of all the Greek city-states must have totaled some 8-10 million people. |
| Synopsis: |
Although the polis, or city-state, defined the essence of Classical Greek civilization, evidence of its most basic characteristics is woefully inadequate. Now, in a work of cutting-edge research, Mogens Herman Hansen develops a novel method for estimating the overall size and local distribution of the Greek population throughout the ancient world - in both the Greek homeland and its colonies - and explains his reconstruction step by step. Reflecting the innovative work of the Copenhagen Polis Centre in its 2004 inventory of Archaic and Classical Greek city-states, Hansen's book makes it possible for the first time to assess the total population of the ancient Greek world. For 232 out of circa 1,000 city-states, the size of the urban center can be estimated, and for 636 city-states, we have an idea about the size of the territory. Employing a "shotgun method", Hansen derives approximate population figures and argues that, in the age of Alexander the Great, the population of all the Greek city-states must have totaled some 8-10 million people.His new estimates take into account not only males of military age but also elder sons and wives residing with parents, widows or divorced women who returned to a family home, unmarried daughters, elderly parents, and slaves. In addressing often-conflicting views on estimating populations, their distribution in various regions, and their settlement patterns within individual states, Hansen particularly challenges the long-standing opinion that the majority of ancient Greeks lived a rural life outside of poleis, and he calls for a reconsideration of long-held assumptions about the prevalence of a subsistence economy with little long-distance trade. |
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illustrations, 10 tables, bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Missouri Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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