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Title:
The open sea : the economic life of the ancient Mediterranean world from the Iron Age to the rise of Rome / J. G. Manning.
Author:
Manning, Joseph Gilbert, author.
Publication Information:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]

©2018
Call Number:
HC31 .M36 2018
Abstract:
"In The Open Sea, J. G. Manning offers a major new history of economic life in the Mediterranean world in the Iron Age, from Phoenician trading down to the Hellenistic era and the beginning of Rome's imperial supremacy. Drawing on a wide range of ancient sources and the latest social theory, Manning suggests that a search for an illusory single "ancient economy" has obscured the diversity of lived experience in the Mediterranean world, including both changes in political economies over time and differences in cultural conceptions of property and money. At the same time, he shows how the region's economies became increasingly interconnected during this period." -- Publisher's description
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ISBN:
9780691151748
Physical Description:
xxvi, 414 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Contents:
History & Theory. Introduction. History, Theory, and Institutions: Approaching the Ancient Economy -- New Directions and Broader Contexts in the Study of Premodern Economies -- Ancient Economies: Taking Stock from Phoenician Traders to the Rise of the Roman Empire -- Bronze, Iron, and Silver: Time, Space, and Geography and Ancient Mediterranean Economies -- Environment & Institutions -- Agriculture and Labor -- The Boundaries of Premodern Economies: Ecology, Climate, and Climate Change -- The Birth of "Economic Man": Demography, the State, the Household, and the Individual -- The Evolution of Economic Thought in the Ancient World: Money, Law, and Legal Institutions -- Growth, Innovation, Markets, and Trade -- Conclusions -- Appendix. Climate Data.
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