Princeton History of the Ancient World: The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece (Paperback)

from dhmontgomery

A mixture of fascinating and frustrating. I liked the quantitative approach to Greek history, the data Ober presented about the size of Greek poleis and their economies, and the nature of their constitutions. But after 3-5 pages of fascinating data you'd inevitably reach the end of what could be ...

from le.vert.galant

This is that rare thing: a history of Classical Greece that brings a fresh perspective to a much-studied era. The influence of the Annales School is on every page and while the source material is not nearly as rich as was available to Braudel in his histories of the late medieval and early modern...

from le.vert.galant

This is that rare thing: a history of Classical Greece that brings a fresh perspective to a much-studied era. The influence of the Annales School is on every page and while the source material is not nearly as rich as was available to Braudel in his histories of the late medieval and early modern...