Hellenistic Economies
Author | : Zofia H. Archibald |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 2006-01-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781134565924 |
ISBN-13 | : 1134565925 |
Rating | : 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Download or read book Hellenistic Economies written by Zofia H. Archibald and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.