Bibliograph

The rise and fall of classical Greece, Josiah Ober

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The rise and fall of classical Greece, Josiah Ober

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-400) and index

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The rise and fall of classical Greece

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

902137704

Responsibility statement

Josiah Ober

Series statement

The Princeton history of the ancient world

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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 -- Appendix II: King, City, Elite game / Josiah Ober and Barry Weingast

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