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Thomas, Carol. Current Issues and the Study of Ancient History
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| Title: | Current Issues and the Study of Ancient History | | Availability: | In Print | | Publisher: | Regina Books |
The arrival of new disciplinary approaches to ancient fields of study is embraced in this volume of Publications of the Association of Ancient Historians. This volume considers the world of the Classic civilizations viewed through the lenses of recent approaches to historical material. Stanley M. Burstein considers Egypt and Greece in the light of Afrocentrism as a means of exploring ethnicity in the study of antiquity. Nancy Demand applies the outlook of gender studies to ancient history with the resultant concepts of participation and power. Ian Morris delves into the role archaeology takes in the understanding of ancient Greece, and Lawrence Tritle explores psychology and history in an analysis of Thucydides, a foundational writer of Classical history. These cross-disciplinary studies demonstrate the flexibility and breadth of the historical undertaking in an environment of continual growth and change. | |
| | Thomas, Carol. Current Issues and the Study of Ancient History | | ISBN: | 1-930053-10-X | | Weight: | 1 LBS. | | Price: | $23.75 | | To get the 5% Gorgias BiblioPerks™ discount, simply login. | |
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