Money, Labour and Land

Money, Labour and Land
Author: Paul Cartledge
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2005-06-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134644043

Money, Labour and Land explores a wide range of case studies in the economic history of the ancient Greek world to reveal an explosion of ideas which open new pathways into the study of the economies of ancient Greece.

Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greece

Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greece
Author: Sara Forsdyke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2021-06-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107032342

Recovers the voices, experiences and agency of enslaved people in ancient Greece.

The Other Greeks

The Other Greeks
Author: Victor Davis Hanson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 600
Release: 1999-12-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780520209350

Victor Hanson shows that the "Greek revolution" was not the rise of a free and democratic urban culture, but rather the historic innovation of the independent family farm."--BOOK JACKET.

The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy

The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy
Author: Alain Bresson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 649
Release: 2015-11-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1400852455

A revolutionary account of the ancient Greek economy This comprehensive introduction to the ancient Greek economy revolutionizes our understanding of the subject and its possibilities. Alain Bresson is one of the world's leading authorities in the field, and he is helping to redefine it. Here he combines a thorough knowledge of ancient sources with innovative new approaches grounded in recent economic historiography to provide a detailed picture of the Greek economy between the last century of the Archaic Age and the closing of the Hellenistic period. Focusing on the city-state, which he sees as the most important economic institution in the Greek world, Bresson addresses all of the city-states rather than only Athens. An expanded and updated English edition of an acclaimed work originally published in French, the book offers a groundbreaking new theoretical framework for studying the economy of ancient Greece; presents a masterful survey and analysis of the most important economic institutions, resources, and other factors; and addresses some major historiographical debates. Among the many topics covered are climate, demography, transportation, agricultural production, market institutions, money and credit, taxes, exchange, long-distance trade, and economic growth. The result is an unparalleled demonstration that, unlike just a generation ago, it is possible today to study the ancient Greek economy as an economy and not merely as a secondary aspect of social or political history. This is essential reading for students, historians of antiquity, and economic historians of all periods.

Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece

Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece
Author: Nigel Wilson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 829
Release: 2013-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 113678800X

Examining every aspect of the culture from antiquity to the founding of Constantinople in the early Byzantine era, this thoroughly cross-referenced and fully indexed work is written by an international group of scholars. This Encyclopedia is derived from the more broadly focused Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition, the highly praised two-volume work. Newly edited by Nigel Wilson, this single-volume reference provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the political, cultural, and social life of the people and to the places, ideas, periods, and events that defined ancient Greece.

Skilled Labour and Professionalism in Ancient Greece and Rome

Skilled Labour and Professionalism in Ancient Greece and Rome
Author: Edmund Stewart
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2020-09-03
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1108839479

This volume seeks to reassess ancient Greek and Roman society and its economy in examining skilled labour and professionalism.

Sexual Labor in the Athenian Courts

Sexual Labor in the Athenian Courts
Author: Allison Glazebrook
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2022-01-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1477324402

Oratory is a valuable source for reconstructing the practices, legalities, and attitudes surrounding sexual labor in classical Athens. It provides evidence of male and female sex laborers, sex slaves, brothels, sex traffickers, the cost of sex, contracts for sexual labor, and manumission practices for sex slaves. Yet the witty, wealthy, free, and independent hetaira well-known from other genres, does not feature. Its detailed narratives and character portrayals provide a unique discourse on sexual labor and reveal the complex relationship between such labor and Athenian society. Through a holistic examination of five key speeches, Sexual Labor in the Athenian Courts considers how portrayals of sex laborers intersected with gender, the body, sexuality, the family, urban spaces, and the polis in the context of the Athenian courts. Drawing on gender theory and exploring questions of space, place, and mobility, Allison Glazebrook shows how sex laborers represented a diverse set of anxieties concerning social legitimacy and how the public discourse about them is in fact a discourse on Athenian society, values, and institutions.

A Companion to the Classical Greek World

A Companion to the Classical Greek World
Author: Konrad H. Kinzl
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 642
Release: 2010-01-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1444334123

This Companion provides scholarly yet accessible new interpretations of Greek history of the Classical period, from the aftermath of the Persian Wars in 478 B.C. to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. Topics covered range from the political and institutional structures of Greek society, to literature, art, economics, society, warfare, geography and the environment Discusses the problems of interpreting the various sources for the period Guides the reader towards a broadly-based understanding of the history of the Classical Age