A History Of Citizenship: Sparta To Washington by historian Peter Riesenberg is a solid, scholarly, and heavily researched study of what it has meant to be a "citizen" as human civilization has evolved through the centuries. An extensive selection of documents from classical literature and ancient treatises supplements the eloquently methodical narration of the essence of citizenship from ancient times to the modern day. A History Of Citizenship is a seminal and enduring work of scholarship enhanced with an extensive bibliography and recommended as a core acquisition title for academic reference collections and Western Civilization supplemental reading lists.