Ancient Economy

Name: Ancient Economy
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ISBN: 9780415941891

ISBN-10: 041594189X

ISBN-13: 9780415941891

Edition: 2002

Authors: Walter Scheidel, Sitta Von Reden

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The Ancient Economy introduces readers to the nature of economic life in the ancient world, and provides a valuable guide to scholarly debates on the subject. The book describes and examines the economic processes and fluctuations of the ancient world, and shows how these relate to political and social change and conditions. Leading experts address the central issues, from agricultural production to the uses of money and the creation of markets. Taken as a whole the book exemplifies the range of interdisciplinary perspectives on the ancient economy, and illustrates the methodological approaches scholars have deployed to understand it. In doing so it draws on literary, ecological and…

Book details

List price: $45.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 4/19/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 9.02" wide x 5.98" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Note on the Reader


Abbreviations


Glossary


Maps


Introduction



After Finley



The Economy (Economies) of Ancient Greece




Twenty Years after Moses I. Finley's The Ancient Economy




Production



Traditional and Ancient Rural Economy in Mediterranean Europe: plus ca change?




Olive Production and the Roman Economy: The Case for Intensive Growth in the Roman Empire




Money and Markets



Money and Mythic History: The Contestation of Transactional Orders in the Fifth Century B.C.




Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Subsistence: Exchange and Society in the Greek City




The Price Histories of Some Imported Goods on Independent Delos




The Ancient Economy and Graeco-Roman Egypt




Trade and Transfer



Agricultural Products Transported in Amphorae: Oil and Wine




Rome, Taxes, Rents and Trade




The Nature of the Ancient Economy



Modernism, Economics and the Ancient Economy




Framing the Debate over Growth in the Ancient Economy



Intellectual Chronology


Guide to Further Reading


Index