ENGLISH

Hellenistic Economies

By Z. Archibald

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
0415234662, 9780415234665, 9780203995921
Open Library ID
OL17000889M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5014361 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
416\326
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Исторические дисциплины;Всемирная история;История

Description

The economies of classical and Mediterranean antiquity are currently a battleground. Some scholars see them as lively and progressive, even proto-capitalist: others see them as static, embedded in social action and status relationships.Focusing on the central period of the Mediterranean 330-30 BC, this book contributes substantially to the debate, by juxtaposing general questions of theory and model-building with case-studies which examine specific areas and kinds of evidence.It breaks new ground by distilling and presenting new and newly-reinterpreted evidence for the Hellenistic era, by opening the debate on how we should replace Rostovtzeff's classic view of this period, and by offering a compelling new set of interpretative ideas to the debate on the ancient economy.

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