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Autore |
Scheidel Walter |
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Titolo |
The Ancient Economy [[electronic resource]] |
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Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-84173-8 |
1-136-06938-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (309 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic history -- To 500 |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note to the Reader; Abbreviations; Glossary; Maps; Introduction; PART I: AFTER FINLEY; 1 The Economy (Economies) of Ancient Greece; 2 Twenty Years after Moses I. Finley's The Ancient Economy; PART II: PRODUCTION; 3 Traditional and Ancient Rural Economy in Mediterranean Europe: plus ça change?; 4 Olive Production and the Roman Economy: The Case for Intensive Growth in the Roman Empire; PART III MONEY AND MARKETS; 5 Money and Mythic History: The Contestation of Transactional Orders in the Fifth Century BC |
6 Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Subsistence: Exchange and Society in the Greek City7 The Price Histories of Some Imported Goods on Independent Delos; 8 The Ancient Economy and Graeco-Roman Egypt; PART IV TRADE AND TRANSFER; 9 Agricultural Products Transported in Amphorae: Oil and Wine; 10 Rome, Taxes, Rents and Trade; PART V THE NATURE OF THE ANCIENT ECONOMY; 11 Modernism, Economics and the Ancient Economy; 12 Framing the Debate over Growth in the Ancient Economy; Intellectual Chronology; Guide to Further Reading; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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