# Peasant-Citizen and Slave

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- Book: [Peasant-Citizen and Slave](https://www.bookquiver.com/ellen-meiksins-wood/peasant-citizen-and-slave) ([Peasant-Citizen and Slave.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ellen-meiksins-wood/peasant-citizen-and-slave.md))
- Authors: [Ellen Meiksins Wood](https://www.bookquiver.com/ellen-meiksins-wood)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-17-8478-102-6
- Pages: 224
- Published: 2015-11-03
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The controversial thesis at the center of this study is that, despite the importance of slavery in Athenian society, the most distinctive characteristic of Athenian democracy was the unprecedented prominence...