A History of the Greek City States, ca. 700-338 B.C.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1976 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. xxi, 516 pp, list of maps, list of b&w illustrations, lists of abbrreviations, preface, Part I. The Development of the City-State and the Persian Wars: Note on the Literary Sources for Part I; 1. Greece ca 700; 2. Tyranny in the early Peloponnese; 3. Early Sparta; 4. The Beginnings of the Athenian State; 5. Solon and the Rise of Peisistratus; 6. The Peisistratidae and the Reforms of Cleisthenes; 7. Persia and GreeceI: The Designs of the Persians; 8. Persia and Greece II: The Hellenic League. Part II. The Era of Hegemonic Leagues: Note on the Literary and Epigraphic Sources for Part II; 9. Divergence between Athens and Sparta; 10. The First Peloponnesian War; 11. The Athenian Empire and the Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War; 12. The Archidamian War and the Peace of Nicias; 13. The Middle Stage of the Peloponnesian War, 419-411; 14. The End of the Peloponnesian War, 411-404; 15. The Corinthian War. Part III. Leagues of More Equal Type: Note on the Literary and Epigraphic Sources for Part III; 16. The Decline of the Spartan Hegemony, 386-371; 17. The Theban Hegemony; 18. The Rise of Macedon; 19. The Final Struggle with Philip II; note on the Athenian calendar, list of techical terms, index. First Edition, 1976. "The author's preference is for interpretations which see Greek History as the interaction of personalities, rather than for those which see it as a struggle of economic classes or of abstract ideas. He ssumes that the Greek cities of the archaic and classical periods did not inherit any political institutions from the Bronze Age; that the extensive invasions that brought Mycenaean civilization to an end destroyed political habits as effectively as stone palaces. Accordingly, he believes thta the Greeks of the historic period were engaged in the fundamental enterprise of building organized society out of nothing." from the jacket flap. Not price clipped. Minute chip with three minute closed tears to top edge rear panel dj. Lightly foxed text block edges, elee, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue cloth with white title plate and black lettering to spine..