Name: Cities, Peasants and Food in Classical Antiquity: Essays in Social and Economic History
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Author: Walter Scheidel
ISBN: 9780521591478

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Cities, Peasants and Food in Classical Antiquity: Essays in Social and Economic History

Type

Physical Book

Author

Peter Garnsey

Illustrated by

Walter Scheidel

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

1998

Language

English

Pages

356

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.6 x 16.3 x 2.4 cm

Weight

0.64 kg.

ISBN

0521591473

ISBN13

9780521591478

Edition No.

Synopsis "Cities, Peasants and Food in Classical Antiquity: Essays in Social and Economic History"

This is a collection of essays in the social and economic history of Greece and Rome by a leading historian of classical antiquity. They are grouped in three overlapping sections, covering the economy and society of cities; peasants and the rural economy; and food supply and famine. The essays, all previously published, are presented together with bibliographical addenda by Walter Scheidel that summarize and assess scholarly reaction to the author's work. The range of subject matter and approach is wide and the treatment original and provocative.

Walter Scheidel

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Walter Scheidel is a professor of Humanities and Classics and History at Stanford University. His research spans from ancient social and economic history to premodern historical demography, focusing on inequality and state formation. He has written or co-edited 21 books and published more than 260 articles and reviews

Among his most notable works is The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century (2017), which analyzes the evolution of inequality throughout history. Another notable work is Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity (2019), where he explores the fall of the Roman Empire and its implications for subsequent economic development. These publications fall within the genre of economic and social history.

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