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Informationen zum Autor M. I. Finley , who died in 1986, was Professor of Ancient History and Master of Darwin College at Cambridge University. Ian Morris is the Jean and Rebecca Willard Professor in Classics and Chair of the Classics Department at Stanford University. Klappentext " The Ancient Economy holds pride of place among the handful of genuinely influential works of ancient history. This is Finley at the height of his remarkable powers and in his finest role as historical iconoclast and intellectual provocateur. It should be required reading for every student of pre-modern modes of production, exchange, and consumption."—Josiah Ober, author of Political Dissent in Democratic Athens Zusammenfassung This updated edition of a text first published in 1985 explores the economic history of classical antiquity. It highlights the depth of the transformation from the ancient consumer economy based on slave and serf labour to the modern capitalist, investment, production and profit economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword to Updated Edition by Ian Morris Preface Some Dates for Orientation Map: The Roman Empire in the Second Century A.D. I. The Ancients and Their Economy II. Orders and Status III. Masters and Slaves IV. Landlords and Peasants V. Town and Country VI. The State and the Economy VII. Further Thoughts (1984) Abbreviations and Short Titles Notes Index
