LEADER 02884nam 22004453u 450 001 9910462458903321 005 20210114041657.0 010 $a1-283-84173-8 010 $a1-136-06938-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000277214 035 $a(EBL)1075409 035 $a(OCoLC)821176484 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1075409 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000277214 100 $a20130418d2012|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 14$aThe Ancient Economy$b[electronic resource] 210 $aHoboken $cTaylor and Francis$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-94189-X 311 $a0-415-94188-1 327 $aCover; 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 c?a 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 327 $a6 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 330 $aThe 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 606 $aEconomic history -- To 500 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aEconomic history -- To 500. 676 $a330.901 676 $a330.938 700 $aScheidel$b Walter$0254926 701 $avon Reden$b Sitta$0992928 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462458903321 996 $aThe Ancient Economy$92273666 997 $aUNINA