| Edition |
First paperback printing. |
| Description |
xxv, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The Princeton history of the ancient world
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Princeton history of the ancient world.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-400) and index. |
| 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 : population, size, fame -- Appendix II: King, City, Elite game / Josiah Ober and Barry Weingast. |
| Subject |
Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.
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Greece. |
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Civilization. |
| Chronological Term |
To 146 B.C |
| Subject |
Social change -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
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Social change. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Politics and government. |
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Greece -- Politics and government -- To 146 B.C.
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City-states -- Greece -- History.
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City-states. |
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Greece -- Economic conditions -- To 146 B.C.
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Economic conditions. |
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Economic history. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| ISBN |
0691173141 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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9780691173146 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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