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Classical Greece
500-323 BC
Edited by Robin Osborne
284 pages
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8 halftones, 3 line illustrations, 3 maps
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216x138mm
978-0-19-873154-2
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Hardback
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21 September 2000
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- The contributors are all top names in the field and together make up an enterprising and formidable volume (series editor is Professor T C W Blanning, Professor of Modern European History, Cambridge)
- Not a narrative history, but an explicit thematical approach in a series of analytical surveys of society, politics, economics, culture, etc., each by a leading scholar at the cutting edge of historiography
- Chapters linked together by a substantial introduction and conclusion, by internal cross-references, and by a detailed chronological table
- Coherent, concise, comprehensive, authoritative, provocative and challenging: a book which can't be overlooked
The complete Short Oxford History of Europe (series editor: Professor T C W Blanning) will cover the history of Europe from Classical Greece to the present in eleven volumes. In each, experts write to their strengths tackling the key issues, including society, economy, religion, politics, and culture, head-on in chapters that will be at once wide-ranging surveys and searching analyses. Each book is specifically designed with the non-specialist reader in mind; but the authority of the contributors and the vigour of the interpretations will make them necessary and challenging reading for fellow academics
across a range of disciplines.
Osborne's is the third book to be launched in the series, following on from the publication of Blanning's Eighteenth and Nineteenth century volumes.
Robin Osborne provides an analysis which introduces the physical world of the Greek city and the inheritance of the classical city from its archaic past. With specially commissioned chapters, a team of experts introduce the reader to the economy of the Greek city, its political and religious institutions, the waging of warfare between cities, the nature and ancient analysis of struggles within cities, and the private life of individuals. The focus then moves to diachronic change within the city, tracing the broad narratives of Greek history through the fifth
and fourth centuries, and concludes by demonstrating the changing ways in which the Greeks themselves construed individual and civic life.
Looking at classical Greece as a whole, the reader is introduced to general issues through use of precise examples and through the words of Greek writers themselves. Maps, a timeline, and a selective bibliography help readers to ground the information that is given and direct their further studies.Readership: Undergraduate courses on European and Classical history. The general reader - this is a popular area of history. Ideal complement book for students taking courses in classical Greek literature, philosophy, art and archaeology.
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Edited by Robin Osborne, Professor of Ancient History, University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor, Corpus Christi College, Oxford
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"Strong, clear, themed discussions; informative use of selected ancient authors. Captures the age of Athens and Sparta and the big social and cultural changes well. Deserves to oust the obsolete works that are still too easy to find! Dr Graham Shipley, Head of Ancient History Division, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester."
"In an attempt to re-contextualise the phenomenon of classical Greece, this new volume in The Short Oxford History of Europe uses a topical-based approach to challenge traditional chronological narratives. The nine specially commissioned essays by seven authors step through the Economy, the City, War, Political Conflicts and Private Life before examining the political-military flow of events. This will stimulate students to think beyond diachronic approaches and to re-examine their own understanding how the Greeks lived." - John Lewis, Faculty of Classics, Cambridge The Anglo-Hellenic Review No 23
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List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Glossary
List of Ancient Authors mentioned
1: Robin Osborne: The Creation of Classical Greece
2: Paul Millett: The Economy
3: Rosalind Thomas: The Classical City
4: Hans van Wees: The City at War
5: Josiah Ober: Political conflicts, political debates, and political thought
6: James Davidson: Private Life
7: Lisa Kallet: The Fifth Century: Political and Military Narrative
8: Robin Osborne: The Fourth Century: Political and Military Narrative
Robin Osborne: Conclusion
Further Reading
Chronology
Maps
Index
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