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The Cambridge Economic History of the Greco-Roman World

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Ian Morris, Richard Saller, Walter Scheidel, Robert Sallares, Bruce W. Frier, Dennis P. Kehoe, Helmuth Schneider, John Bennet, Michael Dietler, Robin Osborne, Peter R. Bedford, John K. Davies, Astrid Möller, Sitta von Reden, Robartus J. van der Spek, Joseph G. Manning, Gary Reger, Jean-Paul Morel, William V. Harris, Neville Morley, Willem M. Jongman, Elio Lo Cascio, Philippe Leveau, Susan E. Alcock, Dominic W. Rathbone, David Cherry, Andrea Giardina
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  • Date Published: November 2012
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9781107673076

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  • In this, the first comprehensive one-volume survey of the economies of classical antiquity, twenty-eight chapters summarise the current state of scholarship in their specialised fields and sketch new directions for research. The approach taken is both thematic, with chapters on the underlying determinants of economic performance, and chronological, with coverage of the whole of the Greek and Roman worlds extending from the Aegean Bronze Age to Late Antiquity. The contributors move beyond the substantivist-formalist debates that dominated twentieth-century scholarship and display a new interest in economic growth in antiquity. New methods for measuring economic development are explored, often combining textual and archaeological data that have previously been treated separately. Fully accessible to non-specialist, the volume represents a major advance in our understanding of the economic expansion that made the civilisation of the classical Mediterranean world possible.

    • Presents an authoritative overview of the current state of knowledge and ideas on the ancient economy
    • Provides a novel focus on economic growth
    • Combines textual and archaeological evidence that has often not been linked before
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    Awards

    • 2008 Winner Choice Outstanding Academic Title

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    Review of the hardback: 'By presenting current scholarship and its prospective future course, the editors have produced a very important work. Prodigious bibliography … Summing up: highly recommended.' Choice

    Review of the hardback: 'This is certainly an extraordinary book on the Ancient Mediterranean economies that ought to be read and quoted by all historians who work in the field of pre-industrial economics. This excellent project was brought to completion by its 3 editors and 27 contributors over the span of a decade.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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    • Date Published: November 2012
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9781107673076
    • length: 960 pages
    • dimensions: 229 x 152 x 48 mm
    • weight: 1.34kg
    • contains: 28 b/w illus. 24 maps 15 tables
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    1. Introduction Ian Morris, Richard Saller and Walter Scheidel
    Part I. Determinants of Economic Performance:
    2. Ecology Robert Sallares
    3. Demography Walter Scheidel
    4. Household and gender Richard Saller
    5. Law and economic institutions Bruce W. Frier and Dennis P. Kehoe
    6. Technology Helmuth Schneider
    Part II. Early Mediterranean Economies and the Near East:
    7. The Aegean Bronze Age John Bennet
    8. Early Iron Age Greece Ian Morris
    9. The Early Iron Age in the western Mediterranean Michael Dietler
    10. Archaic Greece Robin Osborne
    11. The Persian Near East Peter R. Bedford
    Part III. Classical Greece:
    12. Classical Greece: production John K. Davies
    13. Classical Greece: distribution Astrid Möller
    14. Classical Greece: consumption Sitta von Reden
    Part IV. The Hellenistic States:
    15. The Hellenistic Near East Robartus J. van der Spek
    16. Hellenistic Egypt Joseph G. Manning
    17. Hellenistic Greece and western Asia Minor Gary Reger
    Part V. Early Italy and the Roman Republic:
    18. Early Rome and Italy Jean-Paul Morel
    19. The Late Republic William V. Harris
    Part VI. The Early Roman Empire:
    20. The early Roman empire: production Dennis P. Kehoe
    21. The early Roman empire: distribution Neville Morley
    22. The early Roman empire: consumption Willem M. Jongman
    23. The early Roman empire: the state and the economy Elio Lo Cascio
    Part VII. Regional Development in the Roman Empire:
    24. The western provinces Philippe Leveau
    25. The eastern Mediterranean Susan E. Alcock
    26. Roman Egypt Dominic W. Rathbone
    27. The frontier zones David Cherry
    Part VIII. Epilogue:
    28. The transition to late antiquity Andrea Giardina.

  • Editors

    Walter Scheidel, Stanford University, California
    Walter Scheidel is Dickason Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Classics and History at Stanford University. His publications include Measuring Sex, Age and Death in the Roman Empire (1996), Death on the Nile: Disease and the Demography of Roman Egypt (2001) and, as editor, Debating Roman Demography (2001) and The Ancient Economy (2002, with Sitta von Reden).

    Ian Morris, Stanford University, California
    Ian Morris is Jean and Rebecca Willard Professor of Classics and Professor of History at Stanford University and directs Stanford's excavation at Monte Polizzo, Sicily. His publications include The Greeks: History, Culture, and Society (2005, with Barry Powell) and The Ancient Economy: Evidence and Models (2005, with Joe Manning).

    Richard P. Saller, Stanford University, California
    Richard Saller is Kleinheinz Family Professor of European Studies and Professor of Classics and History and the Vernon R. and Lysbeth Warren Anderson Dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University. His publications include Personal Patronage under the Early Empire (Cambridge, 1982) and Patriarchy, Property and Death in the Roman Family (Cambridge, 1994) and he is co-author of The Roman Empire: Economy, Society and Culture (1987).

    Contributors

    Ian Morris, Richard Saller, Walter Scheidel, Robert Sallares, Bruce W. Frier, Dennis P. Kehoe, Helmuth Schneider, John Bennet, Michael Dietler, Robin Osborne, Peter R. Bedford, John K. Davies, Astrid Möller, Sitta von Reden, Robartus J. van der Spek, Joseph G. Manning, Gary Reger, Jean-Paul Morel, William V. Harris, Neville Morley, Willem M. Jongman, Elio Lo Cascio, Philippe Leveau, Susan E. Alcock, Dominic W. Rathbone, David Cherry, Andrea Giardina

    Awards

    • 2008 Winner Choice Outstanding Academic Title

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