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
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L'économie des cités grecques
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Originally published: Ellipses, Édition Marketing, c2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-189) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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
by "Nielsen BookData"