The Ancient Economy
Updated with a new foreword by Ian Morris
Published on 1. March 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
298 pages
978-0-520-21946-5 (ISBN)
Description
"Technical progress, economic growth, productivity, even efficiency have not been significant goals since the beginning of time," declares M. I. Finley in his classic work. The states of the ancient Mediterranean world had no recognizable real-property market, never fought a commercially inspired war, witnessed no drive to capital formation, and assigned the management of many substantial enterprises to slaves and ex-slaves. In short, to study the economies of the ancient world, one must begin by discarding many premises that seemed self-evident before Finley showed that they were useless or misleading. Available again, with a new foreword by Ian Morris, these sagacious, fertile, and occasionally combative essays are just as electrifying today as when Finley first wrote them.
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Edition
First Edition, Updated with a new foreword by Ian Morris
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
1 map
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 0 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-520-21946-5 (9780520219465)
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Person
M. I. Finley, who died in 1986, was Professor of Ancient History and Master of Darwin College at Cambridge University. Ian Morris is the Jean and Rebecca Willard Professor in Classics and Chair of the Classics Department at Stanford University.