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An edition of The rise and fall of classical Greece (2015)

The rise and fall of classical Greece

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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.

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Princeton University Press
Language
English
Pages
416

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Subjects

Politics and government, Civilization, Economic conditions, City-states, Social change, History, Cities and towns, greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, PHILOSOPHY / Political, Economic history

Places

Greece

Times

To 1500, To 146 B.C.
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Cover of: Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
2016, Princeton University Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
2015, Princeton University Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The rise and fall of classical Greece
The rise and fall of classical Greece
2015, Princeton University Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
Rise and Fall of Classical Greece
2015, Princeton University Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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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
Citizens and specialization, to 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-400) and index.

Series
The Princeton history of the ancient world, Princeton history of the ancient world

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
938
Library of Congress
DF77 .O24 2015, DF77.O24 2015, DF77 .O24 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxv, 416 pages
Number of pages
416

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27185786M
Internet Archive
risefallofclassi0000ober
ISBN 10
069114091X
ISBN 13
9780691140919
LCCN
2014037623
OCLC/WorldCat
902137704, 960643378

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