Cities, Peasants and Food in Classical Antiquity Hardback: Essays in Social and Economic History - Hardcover

Garnsey; Scheidel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521591473 ISBN 13: 9780521591478

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

This is a collection of essays in the social and economic history of Greece and Rome by a leading historian of classical antiquity. They are grouped in three overlapping parts, covering the economy and society of cities; peasants and the rural economy; and food-supply and famine.The range of subject matter and approach is wide and the treatment original and provocative.

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'The conventions illuminated by G.'s reding of the sources are remarkable, and it is instructive to follow his analysis of the evidence, buttressed by judicious and critical application of comparative materials and anthropological ... the reader has been served a savory meal full of insightful observations and plenty of appetizers'. Scripta Classica Israelica

Reseña del editor

This is a collection of essays in the social and economic history of Greece and Rome by a leading historian of classical antiquity. They are grouped in three overlapping parts, covering the economy and society of cities; peasants and the rural economy; and food-supply and famine. The essays, all previously published, are presented together with bibliographical addenda which summarise and assess scholarly reaction to the author's work. The range of subject matter and approach is wide and the treatment original and provocative.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0521591473
• ISBN 13: 9780521591478
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 354