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The Ancient Economy - Recent Approaches (Paperback)
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The Ancient Economy - Recent Approaches (Paperback)
Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World
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Introducing students to current controversies over the nature of
the ancient economy, this volume brings together twelve influential
studies by leading experts in the field. In 1973, Moses Finley
unveiled a comprehensive model of the economic underpinnings of
classical civilisation. Since then, supporters and critics have
turned the study of the ancient economy into what has been called
'an academic battleground'. In recent years, however, a growing
number of scholars have aimed to move the debate beyond partisan
controversies. This volume takes stock of these developments.
Embracing a wide range of interdisciplinary perspectives derived
from ecology, economics and cultural studies and drawing on
literary, documentary and archaeological evidence, the
contributions address crucial issues from agricultural production,
the uses of money and the creation of markets to the scale of
long-distance trade and economic growth in the Greek and Roman
periods. In a general introduction and separate headnotes for each
chapter, the editors provide a concise survey of recent debates,
seeking to situate the different contributions in the broader
context of contemporary scholarship. This is the first collection
of its kind. It is designed to acquaint beginners as well as more
advanced students with a variety of thematic and methodological
approaches to the study of economic processes in the ancient world.
All terms in foreign or ancient languages have been translated into
English or explained in a comprehensive glossary. An up-to-date
bibliographical essay covering pertinent scholarship in English
offers guidance for further reading and the preparation of term
papers.
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