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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001979919707536

Titolo

The Cambridge companion to the Roman economy / ed. by Walter Scheidel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012

ISBN

9780521726887

Descrizione fisica

443 p. ; 23 cm.

Collana

Cambridge companions to the ancient world

Altri autori (Persone)

Scheidel, Walter, 1966-

Soggetti

Roma Economia 30 a. C.- 476 d. C.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Contiene bibliografia: pp. 366-415

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Part I. Introduction: 1. Approaching the Roman economy / Walter Scheidel; Part II. THEORY: 2. Roman economic thought / Gloria Vivenza; 3. The contribution of economics / Peter Temin; 4. Human capital and economic growth / Richard Saller; Part III. LABOR: 5. Slavery / Walter Scheidel; 6. Contract labor / Dennis Kehoe; Part IV. PRODUCTION: 7. Raw materials and energy / Andrew Wilson; 8. Food production / Geoffrey Kron; 9. Manufacturing / Cameron Hawkins; Part V. DISTRIBUTION: 10. Predation / Peter Fibiger Bang; 11. Transport / Colin Adams; 12. Urbanism / Paul Erdkamp; 13. Money and finance / Sitta von Reden; 14. A forum on trade / Andrew Wilson, Morris Silver, Peter Fibiger Bang, Paul Erdkamp and Neville Morley; Part VI. OUTCOMES: 15. Physical wellbeing / Walter Scheidel; 16. Post-imperial economies / Simon Loseby.