Format:
XIV, 942 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
9780521780537
Content:
In this, the first comprehensive one-volume survey of the economies of classical antiquity, twenty-eight chapters summarise the current state of scholarship in their specialised fields and sketch new directions for research. The approach taken is both thematic, with chapters on the underlying determinants of economic performance, and chronological, with coverage of the whole of the Greek and Roman worlds extending from the Aegean Bronze Age to Late Antiquity. The contributors move beyond the substantivist-formalist debates that dominated twentieth-century scholarship and display a new interest in economic growth in antiquity. New methods for measuring economic development are developed, often combining textual and archaeological data that have previously been treated separately. This important work represents a major advance in our understanding of the economic expansion that made the civilisation of the classical Mediterranean world possible.
Note:
Enth. 28 Beitr
,
Literaturverz. S. 769 - 917
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. The Cambridge economic history of the Greco-Roman world ; 1 Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2007 ISBN 9781139054140
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Economics
Keywords:
Antike
;
Wirtschaft
;
Geschichte
;
Nachschlagewerk
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Wörterbuch
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0810/2008297220-b.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0810/2008297220-d.html
Author information:
Morris, Ian 1960-
Author information:
Scheidel, Walter 1966-
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