Sixteen 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.
| ISBN: | 9780521892902 |
| Publication date: | 12th February 2004 |
| Author: | Peter University of Cambridge Garnsey |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 356 pages |
| Genres: |
Ancient history General and world history Social and cultural history Economic history |
Sixteen 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.
Cities, Peasants and Food in Classical Antiquity features in the following genres: Ancient history, General and world history, Social and cultural history, Economic history
Cities, Peasants and Food in Classical Antiquity is available in Paperback, Hardback
Cities, Peasants and Food in Classical Antiquity was written by Peter University of Cambridge Garnsey and published by Cambridge University Press
Cities, Peasants and Food in Classical Antiquity has 356 pages
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