| Alexander and the East: The Tragedy of Triumph Contributor(s): Bosworth, Albert Brian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198149913 ISBN-13: 9780198149910 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $142.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1997 Annotation: In this study Brian Bosworth looks at the critical period between 329 and 325 BC, when Alexander the Great was active in Central Asia and what is now Pakistan. He documents Alexander's relations with the peoples he conquered, and addresses the question of what it meant to be on the receiving end of the conquest, drawing a bleak picture of massacre and repression. At the same time Alexander's views of empire are investigated, his attitude to his subjects, and the development of his concepts of personal divinity and universal monarchy. Analogies are thus drawn with the Spanish conquest of Mexico, which has a comparable historiographical tradition and parallels many of Alexander's dealings with his subjects. Although of concern to the specialist, this book is equally directed at the general reader interested in the history of Alexander and the morality of empire. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 96021705 |
| Lexile Measure: 1460 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.82" W x 8.84" (1.00 lbs) 234 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this study, Bosworth looks at Alexander the Great's activities in Central Asia and Pakistan, drawing a bleak picture of massacre and repression comparable to the Spanish conquest of Mexico. He investigates the evolution of Alexander's views of empire and concept of universal monarch, and documents the representation of Alexander by historians of antiquity. The book is directed to specialists and general readers alike. |