The rise and fall of classical Greece

Publication Data

• Title The rise and fall of classical Greece
• Author Josiah Ober
• Publisher Princeton University Press
• Publication date 2015
• Publication location Princeton
• Language English

Contents

The puzzle of classical efflorescence
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
Images and Tables
Maps.

Topics

• Social change :: Greece :: History :: To 1500
• City-states :: Greece :: History
• Greece :: Civilization :: To 146 B.C.
• Greece :: Politics and government :: To 146 B.C.
• Greece :: Economic conditions :: To 146 B.C.
• Greece

The rise and fall of classical Greece by Josiah Ober. ISBN 9780691140919. Published by Princeton University Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.