Ober The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6555-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 448 Seiten

Reihe: The Princeton History of the Ancient World

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Ober, Josiah

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Images and Tables xi

Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xxi

Abbreviations xxv

1 The Efflorescence of Classical Greece 1

2 Ants around a Pond: An Ecology of City-States 21

3 Political Animals: A Theory of Decentralized Cooperation 45

4 Wealthy Hellas: Measuring Efflorescence 71

5 Explaining Hellas' Wealth: Fair Rules and Competition 101

6 Citizens and Specialization before 550 BCE 123

7 From Tyranny to Democracy, 550–465 BCE 157

8 Golden Age of Empire, 478–404 BCE 191

9 Disorder and Growth, 403–340 BCE 223

10 Political Fall, 359–334 BCE 261

11 Creative Destruction and Immortality 293

Appendix I: Regions of the Greek World: Population, Size, Fame 317

Appendix II: King, City, and Elite Game, Josiah Ober and Barry Weingast 321

Notes 329

Bibliography 367

Index 401

Über Autor(innen)

Josiah Ober is professor of political science and classics at Stanford University. His books include Democracy and Knowledge, Political Dissent in Democratic Athens, The Athenian Revolution, and Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens (all Princeton).