The class struggle in the ancient Greek world: from the archaic age to the Arab conquests

Introduction -- Class, Exploitation, And Class Struggle -- Property And The Propertied -- Forms Of Exploitation In The Ancient Greek World, And The Small Independent Producer -- The Class Struggle In Greek History On The Political Plane -- Rome The Suzerain -- The Class Struggle On The Ideological Plane -- The 'decline And Fall' Of The Roman Empire : An Explanation. G.e.m. De Ste. Croix. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. [661]-699. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 3 Corrigenda......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 Preface......Page 9 I. Introduction......Page 13 II. Class, Exploitation, and Class Struggle......Page 41 III. Property and the Propertied......Page 122 IV. Forms of Exploitation in the Ancient Greek World, and the Small Independent Producer......Page 215 V. The Class Struggle in Greek History on the Political Plane......Page 288 VI. Rome the Suzerain......Page 337 VII. The Class Struggle on the Ideological Plane......Page 419 VIII. The 'Decline and Fall' of the Roman Empire: an Explanation......Page 463 Appendices......Page 514 Notes......Page 548 Bibliography (and Abbreviations)......Page 671 Index......Page 710 My general aim in this book is first (in Part One) to explain, and then (in Part Two) to illustrate, the value of Marx's general analysis of society in relation to the ancient Greek world (as defined in Section ii of this chapter).