From Democrats To Kings

Author : Michael Scott
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781468302806

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From Democrats to Kings by Michael Scott Pdf

A popular history of how the ancient world turned from a democracy to a monarchy and “shine[s] a light on the culture that bloomed as Athens faded.”(The Daily Mail) Athens, 404 BC. The Democratic city-state has been ravaged by a long and bloody war with neighboring Sparta. The search for scapegoats begins and Athens, liberty's beacon in the ancient world, turns its sword on its own way of life. Civil war and much bloodshed ensue. Defining moments of Greek history, culture, politics, religion and identity are debated ferociously in Athenian board rooms, back streets and battlefields. By 323 BC, Athens and the rest of Greece, not to mention a large part of the known world, has come under the control of an absolute monarch and a model for despots for millennia to come: Alexander the Great. In this superb popular history, Michael Scott explores the dramatic and little-known story of how the ancient world went from democracy to monarchy in less than 100 years. A superb example of popular history writing, From Democrats to Kings gives us a fresh take on the challenges we face today as democracies—old and new—fight for survival, in which war-time and peace-time have become indistinguishable and in which the severity of the economic crisis is only matched by a crisis in our own sense of self. “Accessible and punchy . . . a wide readership cannot fail to be entertained as well as instructed about a world that is both familiar and alien, modern as well as ancient.” —Paul Cartledge, author of Thermopylae “Gloriously entertaining and provocative.” —Tom Holland, author of Rubicon, Persian Fire

Author : Michael Scott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Greece
ISBN : 1848311311

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From Democrats to Kings by Michael Scott Pdf

I really enjoyed From Democrats to Kings fascinating and exuberant on Ancient Athens, bringing their politics to life and right up to date, making Ancient Greece relevant for today. Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Young Stalin and Catherine The Great & Potemkin404 BC: Athens is exhausted at the end of a bloody war with Sparta and the mastership of Greece is left open for the taking. By 323BC, less than 100 years later, Athens, the rest of Greece, and a large part of the known world, has come under the control of a master of self-publicity and a model for despots for millennia to come: megas alexandros, Alexander the Great. Michael Scott tells the dramatic story of how, over the space of merely a generation, the ancient world was turned completely on its head, in a brutal power struggle whose outcome would define the world for centuries.

Author : Michael Scott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521191265

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Delphi and Olympia by Michael Scott Pdf

This book investigates and re-evaluates the remains of the two most important sanctuaries in ancient Greece.

Author : William R. Everdell
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2000-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0226224821

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The End of Kings by William R. Everdell Pdf

Written in clear, lively prose, The End of Kings traces the history of republican governments and the key figures that are united by the simple republican maxim: No man shall rule alone. Breathtaking in its scope, Everdell's book moves from the Hebrew Bible, Solon's Athens and Brutus's Rome to the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson and the Watergate proceedings during which Nixon resigned. Along the way, he carefully builds a definition of "republic" which distinguishes democratic republics from aristocratic ones for both history and political science. In a new foreword, Everdell addresses the impeachment trial of President Clinton and argues that impeachment was never meant to punish private crimes. Ultimately, Everdell's brilliant analysis helps us understand how examining the past can shed light on the present. "[An] energetic, aphoristic, wide-ranging book."—Marcus Cunliffe, Washington Post Book World "Ambitious in conception and presented in a clear and sprightly prose. . . . [This] excellent study . . . is the best statement of the republican faith since Alphonse Aulard's essays almost a century ago." —Choice "A book which ought to be in the hand of every American who agrees with Benjamin Franklin that the Founding Fathers gave us a Republic and hoped that we would be able to keep it."-Sam J. Ervin, Jr.

Author : Linda Holman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History, Ancient
ISBN : 0726937290

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Democrats, Oligarchs and Kings by Linda Holman Pdf

Democrats, oligarchs and kings: studies in five ancient societies, volume 2.

Author : United States. Congress,W. H. Michael
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1146 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MSU:31293012374322

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Official Congressional Directory by United States. Congress,W. H. Michael Pdf

Author : James Roger Sharp,Nancy Weatherly Sharp,Kevin D. Atwater,Gina Petonito,Charles F. Ritter,Jon L. Wakelyn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-08-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313032080

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American Legislative Leaders in the Northeast, 1911-1994 by James Roger Sharp,Nancy Weatherly Sharp,Kevin D. Atwater,Gina Petonito,Charles F. Ritter,Jon L. Wakelyn Pdf

The last of four volumes comprising a biographical dictionary of state speakers from 1911 to 1994, this book covers Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont. Following an analytical introduction, the entries provide biographical and career information on all of the speakers in the Northeast. The volume concludes with statistical appendices based on an exhaustive data base. The book complements volumes on the West, the Midwest, and the South. Together the volumes provide a useful source of information that is difficult to find elsewhere.

Author : Paul Cartledge
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780199697670

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Democracy by Paul Cartledge Pdf

The 2,500 year story of democracy: how it has survived, how it has been practised, and how it has been imagined, from ancient Greece to the twenty-first century.

Author : Jeff Champion
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848849341

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The Tyrants of Syracuse Volume I by Jeff Champion Pdf

Volume one of this sweeping history chronicles the turbulent ancient history of Syracuse from the rise of Gelon to the death of Dionysius I. Situated at the heart of the Mediterranean, Syracuse was one of the most important city-states of the classical Greek world. Coveted for its wealth and strategic location, it was caught in the middle as Carthage, Epirus, Athens and then Rome each battled to gain control of the region. The threat of expansionist enemies on all sides made for a tumultuous situation within the city, resulting in repeated coups and a series of remarkable tyrants, such as Gelon, Timoleon and Dionysius. In volume one of The Tyrants of Syracuse, Jeff Champion traces the course of Syracuse's wars from the Battle of Himera against the Carthaginians down to the death of Dionysius I, whose reign proved to be the high tide of the city's power and influence. Within this period, Syracuse heroically defeated the Athenian force that besieged them for more than two years—an event with far-reaching ramifications.

Author : Carlo Natali
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691096537

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Aristotle by Carlo Natali Pdf

The definitive account of Aristotle's life and school This definitive biography shows that Aristotle's philosophy is best understood on the basis of a firm knowledge of his life and of the school he founded. First published in Italian, and now translated, updated, and expanded for English readers, this concise chronological narrative is the most authoritative account of Aristotle's life and his Lyceum available in any language. Gathering, distilling, and analyzing all the evidence and previous scholarship, Carlo Natali, one of the world's leading Aristotle scholars, provides a masterful synthesis that is accessible to students yet filled with evidence and original interpretations that specialists will find informative and provocative. Cutting through the controversy and confusion that have surrounded Aristotle's biography, Natali tells the story of Aristotle's eventful life and sheds new light on his role in the foundation of the Lyceum. Natali offers the most detailed and persuasive argument yet for the view that the school, an important institution of higher learning and scientific research, was designed to foster a new intellectual way of life among Aristotle's followers, helping them fulfill an aristocratic ideal of the best way to use the leisure they enjoyed. Drawing a wealth of connections between Aristotle's life and thinking, Natali demonstrates how the two are mutually illuminating. For this edition, ancient texts have been freshly translated on the basis of the most recent critical editions; indexes have been added, including a comprehensive index of sources and an index to previous scholarship; and scholarship that has appeared since the book's original publication has been incorporated.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1438 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044116492075

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Author : Allan R. May
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780313085994

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Gangland Gotham by Allan R. May Pdf

Organized crime and the mob figures who run it have long captured the imagination of the American public, appearing since the early twentieth century as characters in a host of popular books, movies, and television programs. But often what the public knew of such figures and their criminal careers was as much myth as fact. This book offers highly readable, carefully researched biographies that dispel the the myths but preserve the fascination surrounding 10 infamous New York mob leaders of the twentieth century. Each in-depth biography will help interested readers understand how and why each of these men achieved special notariety within the world of organized crime. Each biography describes the early years of each man, assessing how he came to a criminal career; his rise to prominence within the mob, providing reaction from those who knew him and witnessed his actions; and the last years of his career, assessing why it ended as it did. Each biography is illustrated with a picture of its subject and concludes with a listing of additional information resources, both print and electronic. A detailed subject index provides further access to the large amount of information contained in each biography. A timeline allows readers to quickly and easily track the birth, death, and important events in the life of each mobster.

Author : Charles G. Shanks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : New York (State)
ISBN : PRNC:32101061337661

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The State Government for 1879 by Charles G. Shanks Pdf

Author : David Teegarden
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691156903

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Death to Tyrants! by David Teegarden Pdf

Death to Tyrants! is the first comprehensive study of ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation--laws that explicitly gave individuals incentives to "kill a tyrant." David Teegarden demonstrates that the ancient Greeks promulgated these laws to harness the dynamics of mass uprisings and preserve popular democratic rule in the face of anti-democratic threats. He presents detailed historical and sociopolitical analyses of each law and considers a variety of issues: What is the nature of an anti-democratic threat? How would various provisions of the laws help pro-democrats counter those threats? And did the laws work? Teegarden argues that tyrant-killing legislation facilitated pro-democracy mobilization both by encouraging brave individuals to strike the first blow against a nondemocratic regime and by convincing others that it was safe to follow the tyrant killer's lead. Such legislation thus deterred anti-democrats from staging a coup by ensuring that they would be overwhelmed by their numerically superior opponents. Drawing on modern social science models, Teegarden looks at how the institution of public law affects the behavior of individuals and groups, thereby exploring the foundation of democracy's persistence in the ancient Greek world. He also provides the first English translation of the tyrant-killing laws from Eretria and Ilion. By analyzing crucial ancient Greek tyrant-killing legislation, Death to Tyrants! explains how certain laws enabled citizens to draw on collective strength in order to defend and preserve their democracy in the face of motivated opposition.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112107020890

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The Democratic Review of British and Foreign Politics, History, and Literature... by Anonim Pdf