Democracy's beginning : the Athenian story /
"The first democracy, established in ancient Greece more than 2,500 years ago, has served as the foundation for every democratic system of government instituted down the centuries. In this lively history, author Thomas N. Mitchell tells the full and remarkable story of how a radical new politic...
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- The Greek Polis: Cradle of democracy
- The rise of democracy
- The democracy's drive for power, glory and gain
- An age of enlightenment
- The democracy falters
- Reconciliation and reform
- Athenian democracy in its fullest form
- Achievements and shortcomings
- Epilogue.
