Archaic and Classical Greek Sicily - A Social and Economic History

Zusatztext Anglophone readers with a general interest in Greek Sicily are wellserved by this book, which summarises recent work, much of it in Italian, and offers an update to the first eight chapters of Moses Finley's classic, Ancient Sicily (2nd ed. 1979) Informationen zum Autor Franco De Angelis is Associate Professor of Greek History and Archaeology at the University of British Columbia and author of Megara Hyblaia and Selinous: The Development of Two Greek City-States in Archaic Sicily. Klappentext Ancient Greek migrants in Sicily produced societies and economies that paralleled and differed from their homeland. Since the nineteenth century explanations for this have been heavily debated. This book is the first to gather the historical and archaeological evidence and to deploy it to test the various historical models proposed. Zusammenfassung Ancient Greek migrants in Sicily produced societies and economies that paralleled and differed from their homeland. Since the nineteenth century explanations for this have been heavily debated. This book is the first to gather the historical and archaeological evidence and to deploy it to test the various historical models proposed. Inhaltsverzeichnis CONTENTS Acknowledgments List of Maps List of Figures List of Tables Abbreviations: Bibliographic Abbreviations: Chronological Introduction Chapter 1: The Geographical and Historical Setting Chapter 2: Settlement and Territory Chapter 3: Societies Chapter 4: Economics Conclusions References Index

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• Authors: Franco De Angelis, Franco De Angelis, Franco (Associate Professor of Greek H De Angelis, Franco (Associate Professor of Greek History and Archaeology De Angelis
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.03.2016
• EAN: 9780195170474
• ISBN: 978-0-19-517047-4
• No. of pages: 464
• Series: Greeks Overseas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient World, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory