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100	1		_aOber, Josiah. _913709
245	1	4	_aThe rise and fall of classical Greece / _cJosiah Ober.
260			_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _cc2015.
300			_axxv, 416 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm
490	0		_aThe Princeton history of the ancient world
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 367-400) and index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
520	2		_a"Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era, Greece was densely populated and highly urbanized. Many surprisingly healthy Greeks lived in remarkably big houses and worked for high wages at specialized occupations. Middle-class spending drove sustained economic growth. Classical wealth produced a stunning cultural efflorescence lasting hundreds of years. Why did Greece reach such heights in the classical period--and why only then? And how, after 'the Greek miracle' had endured for centuries, did the Macedonians defeat the Greeks, seemingly bringing an end to their glory? Drawing on a massive body of newly available data and employing novel approaches to evidence, Josiah Ober offers a major new history of classical Greece and an unprecedented account of its rise and fall. Ober argues that Greece's rise was no miracle but rather the result of political breakthroughs and economic development. The extraordinary emergence of citizen-centered city-states transformed Greece into a society that defeated the mighty Persian Empire. Yet Philip and Alexander of Macedon were able to beat the Greeks in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE, a victory enabled by the Macedonians' appropriation of Greek innovations. After Alexander's death, battle-hardened warlords fought ruthlessly over the remnants of his empire. But Greek cities remained populous and wealthy, their economy and culture surviving to be passed on to the Romans--and to us. A compelling narrative filled with uncanny modern parallels, this is a book for anyone interested in how great civilizations are born and die. This book is based on evidence available on a new interactive website. To learn more, please visit: http://polis.stanford.edu/"--
650		0	_aSocial change _zGreece _xHistory _yTo 1500. _913710
650		0	_aCity-states _zGreece _xHistory. _913712
650		7	_aHISTORY / Ancient / Greece. _2bisacsh _913714
650		7	_aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History. _2bisacsh _913715
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. _2bisacsh _99181
650		7	_aPHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical. _2bisacsh _913716
650		7	_aPHILOSOPHY / Political. _2bisacsh _913717
651		0	_aGreece _xCivilization _yTo 146 B.C. _96813
651		0	_aGreece _xPolitics and government _yTo 146 B.C. _913711
651		0	_aGreece _xEconomic conditions _yTo 146 B.C. _913713
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