The rise and fall of classical Greece
By: Josiah Ober
Series: The Princeton history of the ancient world; Princeton history of the ancient world
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780691140919
Subjects: Politics and government; Civilization; Economic conditions; City-states; Social change; History
Description: Ober offers a major new history of classical Greece and an unprecedented account of its rise and fall. He argues that Greece's rise was no miracle but rather the result of political breakthroughs and economic development.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-400) and index.
Table of contents: title: The efflorescence of classical Greece; title: Ants around a pond : an ecology of city-states; title: Political animals : a theory of decentralized cooperation; title: Wealthy Hellas : measuring efflorescence; title: Explaining Hellas' wealth; title: Citizens and specialization, to 550 BCE; title: From tyranny to democracy, 550-465 BCE; title: Golden age of empire, 478-404 BCE; title: Disorder and growth, 403-340 BCE; title: Political fall, 359-334 BCE; title: Creative destruction and immortality; title: Appendix I: Regions of the Greek world; title: Appendix II: King, City, Elite game / Josiah Ober and Barry Weingast.