{"product_id":"cities-peasants-and-food-in-classical-antiquity-essays-in-social-and-economic-history-hardback-9780521591478","title":"Cities, Peasants and Food in Classical Antiquity; Essays in Social and Economic History (Hardback) 9780521591478","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCities, Peasants and Food in Classical Antiquity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays in Social and Economic History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is a collection of essays in the social and economic history of Greece and Rome by a leading historian of classical antiquity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Garnsey (Author), Walter Scheidel (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521591478, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 May 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e356 pages, 5 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.69 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The conventions illuminated by G.'s reding of the sources are remarkable, and it is instructive to follow his analysis of the evidence, buttressed by judicious and critical application of comparative materials and anthropological … the reader has been served a savory meal full of insightful observations and plenty of appetizers'. Scripta Classica Israelica\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSixteen essays in the social and economic history of the ancient world, by a leading historian of classical antiquity, are here brought conveniently together. Three overlapping parts deal with the urban economy and society, peasants and the rural economy, and food-supply and food-crisis. While focusing on eleven centuries of antiquity from archaic Greece to late imperial Rome, the essays include theoretical and comparative analyses of food-crisis and pastoralism, and an interdisciplinary study of the health status of the people of Rome using physical anthropology and nutritional science. A variety of subjects are treated, from the misconduct of a builders' association in late antique Sardis, to a survey of the cultural associations and physiological effects of the broad bean.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Cities: 1. Aspects of the decline of the urban aristocracy in the empire\u003cbr\u003e 2. Independent freedmen and the economy of Roman Italy under the Principate\u003cbr\u003e 3. Economy and society of Mediolanum under the Principate\u003cbr\u003e 4. Urban property investment in Roman society\u003cbr\u003e 5. An association of builders in late antique Sardis\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Peasants: 6. Peasants in ancient Roman society\u003cbr\u003e 7. Where did Italian peasants live?\u003cbr\u003e 8. Non-slave labour in the Roman world\u003cbr\u003e 9. Prolegomenon to a study of the land in the later Roman empire\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mountain economies in southern Europe\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Food: 11. Grain for Athens\u003cbr\u003e 12. The yield of the land in ancient Greece\u003cbr\u003e 13. The bean: substance and symbol\u003cbr\u003e 14. Mass diet and nutrition in the city of Rome\u003cbr\u003e 15. Child rearing in ancient Italy\u003cbr\u003e 16. Famine in history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46129180934424,"sku":"9780521591478","price":68.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521591478i.jpg?v=1691666281","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cities-peasants-and-food-in-classical-antiquity-essays-in-social-and-economic-history-hardback-9780521591478","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}