War, food, and politics in early Hellenistic Athens / G.J. Oliver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oliver, G. J. (Graham John), 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Athens (Greece)--Economic conditions.

Athens (Greece).

Athens (Greece)--History, Military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

G. J. Oliver provides a new assessment of the economic history of Athens in the Hellenistic era, when the city was no longer an imperial power and struggled to maintain its territory, both at home in Attica and overseas in the cleruchies. Oliver assesses how political and military change affected the fragile economies of the Athenian polis. Warfare in Attica required the Athenians to protect their domestic grain supply and seek out those beyond the city to provide commodities fromabroad. Oliver stresses the economic importance of benefaction and civic honours, and shows how much the citizens o

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables; List of Maps; List of Figures; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I. ECONOMIC VULNERABILITIES; PART II. WAR IN THE ATHENIAN POLIS; PART III. POLIS ECONOMIES: FINANCE, FOOD, AND FRIENDS; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; General Index; Index locorum

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-321) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-15402-4

9786611154028

0-19-153622-9

1-4356-2396-7

OCLC:

316098939