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Presents a debate about the origins of Athenian democracy. This book addresses such questions as: Why was democracy first realized in ancient Greece? Was democracy 'invented' or did it evolve over a long period of time? And what were the conditions for democracy, the social and political foundations that made this development possible?

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About the Authors Chronology of Events List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction Kurt A. Raaflaub 2. "People's Power" and Egalitarian Trends in Archaic Greece Kurt A. Raaflaub and Robert W. Wallace 3. Revolutions and a New Order in Solonian Athens and Archaic Greece Robert W. Wallace 4. "I Besieged That Man": Democracy's Revolutionary Start Josiah Ober 5. The Breakthrough of Demokratia in Mid-Fifth-Century Athens Kurt A. Raaflaub 6. Democracy, Origins of: Contribution to a Debate Paul Cartledge 7. Power to the People Cynthia Farrar Bibliography Index of primary sources general Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 15/10/2008
      ISBN13: 9780520258099, 978-0520258099
      ISBN10: 0520258096
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      Book Synopsis
      Presents a debate about the origins of Athenian democracy. This book addresses such questions as: Why was democracy first realized in ancient Greece? Was democracy 'invented' or did it evolve over a long period of time? And what were the conditions for democracy, the social and political foundations that made this development possible?

      Table of Contents
      About the Authors Chronology of Events List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction Kurt A. Raaflaub 2. "People's Power" and Egalitarian Trends in Archaic Greece Kurt A. Raaflaub and Robert W. Wallace 3. Revolutions and a New Order in Solonian Athens and Archaic Greece Robert W. Wallace 4. "I Besieged That Man": Democracy's Revolutionary Start Josiah Ober 5. The Breakthrough of Demokratia in Mid-Fifth-Century Athens Kurt A. Raaflaub 6. Democracy, Origins of: Contribution to a Debate Paul Cartledge 7. Power to the People Cynthia Farrar Bibliography Index of primary sources general Index

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