Moses Finley and politics / edited by W.V. Harris.

Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series:

Columbia studies in the classical tradition ; volume 40

Format/Description:

Book
x, 155 pages ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

Finley, M. I. (Moses I.), 1912-1986 -- Political and social views.
Classicists -- United States -- Biography.
Classicists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Economic history -- To 500.
Anti-communist movements -- United States.

Contents:

A brief introduction / W.V. Harris
Moses Finkelstein and the American scene : the political formation of Moses Finley, 1932-1955 / Daniel P. Tompkins
Finkelstein the orientalist / Seth R. Schwartz
The young Moses Finley and the discipline of economics / Richard P. Saller
Moses Finley and the academic red scare / Ellen Schrecker
Dilemmas of resistance / Alice Kessler-Harris
Finley's democracy/democracy's Finley / Paul Cartledge
Politics in the ancient world and politics / W.V. Harris
Un-Athenian affairs : I.F. Stone, M.I. Finley, and the trial of Socrates / Thai Jones.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contributor:

Harris, William V. (William Vernon), author, editor of compilation.

ISBN:

9789004261679 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004261672 (hardback : alk. paper)
9789004261693 (e-book)

OCLC:

861273857

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