TY - BOOK ID - 77864344 TI - Warfare and agriculture in classical Greece PY - 1998 SN - 9780520921757 9780585154855 1280087919 9786613520302 0520921755 0585154856 9780520215962 0520215966 0520210255 0520215966 9780520210257 PB - Berkeley : University of California Press, DB - UniCat KW - War damage, Industrial KW - Agriculture KW - Bomb damage in industry KW - Post-attack rehabilitation of industry KW - War damage control in industry KW - War KW - Buildings KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Land use, Rural KW - History. KW - Defense measures KW - Economic aspects KW - War damage KW - Greece KW - Attikē (Greece) KW - Attiki, Greece KW - Atiki (Greece) KW - Attica (Greece) KW - Attika (Greece) KW - Attikēs Nomos (Greece) KW - Attiki (Greece) KW - Attikis Nomos (Greece) KW - Attique (Greece) KW - Periféreia Attikís (Greece) KW - Periphereia Attikēs (Greece) KW - Region of Attica (Greece) KW - Αττική (Greece) KW - History KW - Agriculture -- Defense measures -- Greece -- History.. KW - War damage, Industrial -- Greece -- History.. KW - Attike (Greece) -- History.. KW - Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. KW - Agriculture - Defense measures - Greece - History KW - War damage, Industrial - Greece - History KW - Attikē (Greece) - History KW - Greece - History - Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C KW - academic. KW - acropolis. KW - agrarian. KW - agricultural. KW - agriculture. KW - ancient greece. KW - ancient greek. KW - ancient world. KW - aristophanes. KW - athens. KW - classical greece. KW - classical period. KW - classical world. KW - cultural context. KW - cultural history. KW - cultural studies. KW - farming. KW - government and governing. KW - greek philosophy. KW - historical. KW - history buff. KW - history. KW - invasion. KW - military. KW - politics. KW - research. KW - rural society. KW - scholarly. KW - social studies. KW - warfare. KW - wartime. KW - Attike (Greece) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77864344 AB - 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. With careful attention to agronomic as well as military details, this well-written, thoroughly researched study reveals the remarkable resilience of those farmland communities.In the past, scholars have assumed that the agricultural infrastructure of ancient society was often ruined by attack, as, for example, Athens was relegated to poverty in the aftermath of the Persian and later Peloponnesian invasions. Hanson's study shows, however, that in reality attacks on agriculture rarely resulted in famines or permanent agrarian depression. Trees and vines are hard to destroy, and grainfields are only briefly vulnerable to torching. In addition, ancient armies were rather inefficient systematic ravagers and instead used other tactics, such as occupying their enemies' farms to incite infantry battle. Warfare and Agriculture in Classical Greece suggests that for all ancient societies, rural depression and desolation came about from more subtle phenomena-taxes, changes in political and social structure, and new cultural values-rather than from destructive warfare. ER -