Ancient Economy - Evidence and Models

Zusatztext "[This book] is an important and timely contribution to a growing field in the study of Mediterranean antiquity." Informationen zum Autor J. G. Manning is Associate Professor of Classics at Stanford University. Ian Morris is the Jean and Rebecca Willard Professor of Classics and Professor of History at Stanford University. Klappentext "We have waited too long for this fine book."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History "[This book] is an important and timely contribution to a growing field in the study of Mediterranean antiquity."--Canadian Journal of History Zusammenfassung Historians and archaeologists normally assume that the economies of ancient Greece and Rome between about 1000 BC and AD 500 were distinct from those of Egypt and the Near East. This book asks whether the differences between accounts of these regions reflect real economic differences.

Product details

• Authors: J. G. Morris Manning, J.g. Morris Manning
• Assisted by: J G Manning (Editor), J. G. Manning (Editor), J.g. Manning (Editor), Ian Morris (Editor)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.2007
• EAN: 9780804757553
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-5755-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Social Science History; Social Science History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics