Citizenship in the Western Tradition: Plato to Rousseau

By Peter Riesenberg

Book Overview

Intended for both general readers and students, Peter Riesenberg's instructive book surveys Western ideas of citizenship from Greek antiquity to the French Revolution. It is striking to observe the persistence of important civic ideals and institutions over a period of 2,500 years and to learn how those ideals and institutions traveled over space and time, from the ancient Mediterranean to early modern France, England, and America.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807844594
• ISBN13: 9780807844595
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"