The rise and fall of classical Greece /
Ober, Josiah.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-400) and index.
The efflorescence of classical Greece -- Ants around a pond : an ecology of city-states -- Political animals : a theory of decentralized cooperation -- Wealthy Hellas : measuring efflorescence -- Explaining Hellas' wealth : fair rules and competition -- Citizens and specialization before 550 BCE -- From tyranny to democracy, 550-465 BCE -- Golden age of empire, 478-404 BCE -- Disorder and growth, 403-340 BCE -- Political fall, 359-334 BCE -- Creative destruction and immortality -- Appendix I: Regions of the Greek world: population, size, fame -- Appendix II: King, City, Elite game / Josiah Ober and Barry Weingast.
Social change
City-states