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Bringing in the Sheaves: Economy and Metaphor in the Roman World (Robson Classical Lectures) by Brent D. Shaw is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Bringing in the Sheaves: Economy and Metaphor in the Roman World (Robson Classical Lectures) about?
The annual harvesting of cereal crops was one of the most important economic tasks in the Roman Empire. Not only was it urgent and critical for the survival of state and society, it mobilized huge numbers of men and women every year from across the whole face of the Mediterranean. In Bringing in the Sheaves, Brent D. Shaw investigates the ways in which human labour interacted with the instruments of harvesting, what part the workers and their tools had in the whole economy, and how the work itse
Who reads Bringing in the Sheaves: Economy and Metaphor in the Roman World (Robson Classical Lectures)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Brent D. Shaw
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781442629226
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Agriculture, Engineering, Technology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25