M. I. Finley : an ancient historian and his impact / edited by Daniel Jew, Robin Osborne, Michael Scott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jew, Daniel, 1973- editor.

Osborne, Robin, 1957- editor.

Scott, Michael, 1981- editor.

Series:

Cambridge classical studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finley, M. I. (Moses I.), 1912-1986--Influence--Congresses.

Finley, M. I.

Finley, M. I. (Moses I.), 1912-1986.

Historians--United States--Congresses.

Historians.

Historians--Great Britain--Congresses.

Classicists--United States--Congresses.

Classicists.

Classicists--Great Britain--Congresses.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Great Britain.

United States.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xviii, 333 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"M. I. Finley (1912-86) was the most famous ancient historian of his generation. He was admired by his peers, and was Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of the British Academy. His unmistakable voice was familiar to tens of thousands of radio listeners, his polemical reviews and other journalism were found all over the broadsheets and weeklies, and his scholarly as well as his popular works sold in very large numbers as Penguin paperbacks. Yet this was also a man dismissed from his job at Rutgers University when he refused to answer the question of whether he was or had ever been a member of the Communist Party. This pioneering volume assesses Finley's achievements and analyses the nature of the impact of this charismatic individual and the means by which he changed the world of ancient history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Finley's impact

a balance sheet / Daniel Jew, Robin Osborne and Michael Scott

The making of Moses Finley / Daniel P. Tompkins

The impact of Studies in Land and Credit / Paul Millett

Finley's impact on Homer / Robin Osborne

Finley's slavery / Kostas Vlassopoulos

Finley and Sicily / Jonathan R. W. Prag

Finley and the teaching of ancient history / Dorothy J. Thompson

Finley's journalism / Mary Beard

Finley and the University of Cambridge / Geoffrey Lloyd

Finley and other scholars : the case of Finley and Momigliano / Peter Garnsey

Finley's democracy : a study in reception (and non-reception) / Paul Cartledge

Finley and the ancient economy / Alessandro Launaro

Finley and archaeology / Jennifer Gates-Foster

Finley's impact on the continent / Wilfried Nippel

Measuring Finley's impact / Walter Scheidel.

Notes:

Based on a conference held in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge during May, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107149267

1107149266

OCLC:

953981334