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Author:

Smith, Andrew M. (Andrew Michael), 1967-

Title:

Roman Palmyra : identity, community, and state formation / Andrew M. Smith II.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xvii, 293 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Tadmur (Syria)--History.
Tadmur (Syria)--Social conditions.
Tadmur (Syria)--Politics and government.
Social change--Tadmur--Tadmur--History--To 1500.
Identity (Psychology)--Tadmur--Tadmur--History--To 1500.
Group identity--Tadmur--Tadmur--History--To 1500.
Community life--Tadmur--Tadmur--History--To 1500.
Nationalism--Tadmur--Tadmur--History--To 1500.
Political culture--Tadmur--Tadmur--History--To 1500.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Framing the Narrative -- Tribes and Tribalism -- The Growth of Community -- Mapping Social Identities -- The Civic Institutions of Palmyra -- The Palmyrene Diaspora -- The Palmyrene Empire : A Crisis of Identity -- Retrospect and Broader Implications.

ISBN:

0199861102
9780199861101

OCLC:

(OCoLC)786273438

LCCN:

2012014062

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)