Peter Garnsey
Cambridge University Press
e druk, 1989
9780521375856
Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World
Responses to Risk and Crisis
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Paperback, 324 blz.
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Engels
Cambridge University Press |
1989
ISBN13: 9780521375856
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Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
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Samenvatting
The first full-length study of famine in antiquity. The study provides detailed case studies of Athens and Rome, the best known states of antiquity, but also illuminates the institutional response to food crisis in the mass of ordinary cities in the Mediterranean world. Ancient historians have generally shown little interest in investigating the material base of the unique civilisations of the Graeco-Roman world, and have left unexplored the role of the food supply in framing the central institutions and practices of ancient society.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780521375856
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Paperback
Aantal pagina's:324
Uitgever:Cambridge University Press
Inhoudsopgave
Part I. The Incidence and Severity of Food Crisis; 1. Famine and shortage; 2. The frequency of food crisis; 3. The infrequency of famine; Part II. Survival Strategies: 4. Subsistence and survival: the peasantry; 5. Supply and distribution: urban communities; Part III. Food Supply and Food Crisis in Athens c. 600–322 BC; 6. The resources of Attica; 7. The beginnings of dependence; 8. Rulers of the sea; 9. Vulnerability and vigilance; 10. From uncertainty to crisis; Part IV. Food Supply and