addresses all of the city-states rather than only Athens. An expanded and updated English edition of an acclaimed work … Greece; presents a masterful survey and analysis of the most important economic institutions, resources, and other factors …

Economic Equality and Direct Democracy in Ancient Athens argues against mainstream views, which tend to find an … inexplicable paradox between ancient Athens' extraordinary politics, on the one hand, and its apparent economic inequality, on the … exclusion from politics. It is generally agreed that Athens produced the most radical form of democracy in the history of …

Trap and Economic Efflorescences -- Chapter 3. Warfare States -- 1. Path Dependence -- 2. The Political Economies of Athens …-the Naval Evidence -- 1. Athens' 'Turn to the Sea' -- 2. Casus Belli -- 3. The Athenian Naval Revolution -- 4. Themistocles …. The Naval Economy -- 5. Size Matters -- Chapter 12. The Wealth of Naval Athens -- 1. The Versatile Trireme -- 2. Counting …