Demography and the Graeco-Roman world : new insights and approaches / edited by Claire Holleran and April Pudsey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holleran, Claire, 1979- editor.

Pudsey, April, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demography--Greece--History.

Demography.

Demography--Rome--History.

Greece--Population--History.

Greece.

Rome--Population--History.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 215 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Demography & the Graeco-Roman World

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through a series of case studies this book demonstrates the wide-ranging impact of demographic dynamics on social, economic and political structures in the Graeco-Roman world. The individual case studies focus on fertility, mortality and migration and the roles they played in various aspects of ancient life. These studies - drawn from a range of populations in Athens and Attica, Rome and Italy, and Graeco-Roman Egypt - illustrate how new insights can be gained by applying demographic methods to familiar themes in ancient history. Methodological issues are addressed in a clear, straightforward manner with no assumption of prior technical knowledge, ensuring that the book is accessible to readers with no training in demography. The book marks an important step forward in ancient historical demography, affirming both the centrality of population studies in ancient history and the contribution that antiquity can make to population history in general.

Contents:

Introduction: studies in ancient historical demography / Claire Holleran and April Pudsey

Demography and development in classical antiquity / Neville Morley

Demography and classical Athens / Ben Akrigg

Nuptiality and the demographic life cycle of the family in Roman Egypt / April Pudsey

Family matters: fertility and its constraints in Roman Italy / Saskia Hin

Migration and the demes of Attica / Claire Taylor

Counting the Greeks in Egypt: immigration in the first century of Ptolemaic rule / Christelle Fischer-Bovet

Migration and the urban economy of Rome / Claire Holleran

From the margins to the centre-stage: some closing reflections on ancient historical demography / Tim Parkin.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-17990-X

1-107-22222-2

1-283-38411-6

1-139-18967-0

9786613384119

1-139-18836-4

1-139-19096-2

1-139-18374-5

1-139-18606-X

0-511-86329-2

OCLC:

782877086