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The Ancient Economy by Walter Scheidel and Sitta von Reden is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Ancient Economy about?
__The Ancient Economy__ introduces readers to the nature of economic life in the ancient world, and provides a valuable guide to scholarly debates on the subject. The book describes and examines the economic processes and fluctuations of the ancient world, and shows how these relate to political and social change and conditions. Leading experts address the central issues, from agricultural production to the uses of money and the creation of markets. Taken as a whole the book exemplifies the range of interdisciplinary perspectives on the ancient economy, and illustrates the methodological approaches scholars have deployed to understand it. In doing so it draws on literary, ecological and archaeological evidence.
Who reads The Ancient Economy?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Walter Scheidel and Sitta von Reden
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780415941884
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Economics, Science
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