The economy of the Greek cities : from the archaic period to the early Roman Empire
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The economy of the Greek cities : from the archaic period to the early Roman Empire
（The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature）
University of California Press, c2009
- : cloth
- : pbk
- Other Title
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L'économie des cités grecques
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Translation of: L'économie des cités grecques. Paris : Ellipses, c2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-189) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: cloth ISBN 9780520253650
Description
"The Economy of the Greek Cities" offers readers a clear and concise overview of ancient Greek economies from the archaic to the Roman period. Leopold Migeotte approaches Greek economic activities from the perspective of the ancient sources, situating them within the context of the city-state (polis). He illuminates the ways citizens intervened in the economy and considers such important sectors as agriculture, craft industries, public works, and trade. Focusing on how the private and public spheres impinged on each other, this book provides a broad understanding of the political and economic changes affecting life in the Greek city - states over a thousand-year period.
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: pbk ISBN 9780520253667
Description
This introduction to the Ancient Greek economy has proved popular in France, and has also been translated into Italian and Greek; this first English edition is of the second French edition of 2007. Migeotte tries to avoid getting bogged down in the theoretical debates which have characterised the last half-century of research on the ancient economy, instead providing a survey first of institutions and frameworks (the polis in particular) and then of the different sectors of the economy (agriculture, crafts, trade), he goes back to the primary sources and archaeology, allowing the reader to form their own impressions, as well as setting out his own more nuanced ideas. Above all he emphasises the diversity of the Ancient Greek economy and the co-existence of traits which appear both primitive and proto-capitalist.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
The Purpose and Nature of This Book
Sources
1. The Greek Cities and the Economy
Constants and Constraints
Economy and Oikonomia
The Economic Space of the Cities
Primary Text
2. The World of Agriculture
Agricultural Labor and Products
Foodstuffs and How They Were Used
Cultivating the Soil
Self-sufficiency and Markets
Primary Texts
3. Craft Industries and Business Ventures
Private Crafts
Public Works
Primary Texts
4. Trade
Trading Conditions
Different Levels of Trading
The Business World
Public Interventions
Primary Texts
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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