Economy of the Greek Cities - From the Archaic Period to the Early Roman Empire

Zusatztext "[A] compact but impressive volume. . . . Accessible to students new to the field of study." Informationen zum Autor Léopold Migeotte is Professor Emeritus of History at Laval University, Québec, and Directeur d'Études Associé at L'École Practique des Hautes Études, Paris. Klappentext "Eschewing the anachronistic oversimplification of modernist and formalist theory, Migeotte deftly marshals primary sources in the service of nuanced description. Migeotte's accessible text restores the ancient economy—embedded, as the sources show, in a political, social, and cultural context—to its proper place in Greek civilization. A triumph of scholarly yet readable exposition!"—Nicholas F. Jones, author of Rural Athens Under the Democracy “Migeotte's work, firmly anchored in ancient evidence and balanced in judgment, is undoubtedly the best compact survey of the ancient Greek economy currently available.”—Walter Scheidel, lead editor of The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World Zusammenfassung This introduction to the Ancient Greek economy has proved popular in France, and has also been translated into Italian and Greek; this first English edition is of the second French edition of 2007. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Introduction The Purpose and Nature of This Book Sources 1. The Greek Cities and the Economy Constants and Constraints Economy and Oikonomia The Economic Space of the Cities Primary Text 2. The World of Agriculture Agricultural Labor and Products Foodstuffs and How They Were Used Cultivating the Soil Self-sufficiency and Markets Primary Texts 3. Craft Industries and Business Ventures Private Crafts Public Works Primary Texts 4. Trade Trading Conditions Different Levels of Trading The Business World Public Interventions Primary Texts Conclusion Bibliography Index...

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• Authors: Leopold Migeotte, Leopold Migeotte, Léopold Migeotte
• Assisted by: Janet Lloyd (Translation), Lady Janet Lloyd (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2009
• EAN: 9780520253667
• ISBN: 978-0-520-25366-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: University of California Press; A Joan Palevsky Book in Classical Literature (UPCCP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Economic history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory