Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 505 Pp. Gold Cloth. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket Priced $27.50. Excellent, Fascinating History Focusing On How Venice Worked For 1000 Years As An Independent Coalition Of Merchant Adventurers, Businessmen, And Workers, With A Government Organized In Layers, Each Accountable To Those Higher An Lower In Power, With No Politicians And No Political Parties, And Intense Loyalty From Its Citizens While Being Open To Immigration And Eventual Citizenship For All- Workers. The Book Makes Clear Also How Venice Had A Foreign Relations Policy Of Absolute Self-Interest And Was Almost Unbelievably Exploitive Of Its Conquered Territories. Food For Thought, Without Strong Similarity To Any Other Major Government System In The Second Millennium (Although Genoa Was Quite Similar But Less Successful And Completely Independent For A Shorter Period Of Time.)

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Bookseller: Arroyo Seco Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 057420
Title: Venice: A Maritime Republic
Author: Lane, Frederic Chapin
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10: 0801814456
ISBN 13: 9780801814457
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Place of Publication: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1973
Keywords: Greece, Italy, General
Bookseller catalogs: Italy;
X weight: 0 lb

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