The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece

E-181: Princeton University Press. Very Good. 2015. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 2015. 464 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era, Greece was densely populated and highly urbanized. Many surprisingly healthy Greeks lived in remarkably big houses and worked for high wages at specialized occupations. Middle-class spending drove sustained economic growth and classical wealth produced a stunning cultural efflorescence lasting hundreds of years. EB; The Princeton History Of The Ancient World, 1; 9.5 X 6.1 X 1.5 inches; 464 pages .