The ancient economy / by M.I. Finley ; with a foreword by Ian Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

Sather classical lectures ; v. 48.

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Sather classical lectures ; v. 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic history--To 500.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvi, 262 pages) : map

Edition:

Updated ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Technical progress, economic growth, productivity, even efficiency have not been significant goals since the beginning of time, declares M. I. Finley in his classic work. The states of the ancient Mediterranean world had no recognizable real-property market, never fought a commercially inspired war, witnessed no drive to capital formation, and assigned the management of many substantial enterprises to slaves and ex-slaves. In short, to study the economies of the ancient world, one must begin by discarding many premises that seemed self-evident before Finley showed that they were useless or misleading. Available again, with a new foreword by Ian Morris, these sagacious, fertile, and occasionally combative essays are just as electrifying today as when Finley first wrote them.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-254) and index.

ISBN:

9780520353305

0520353307

Publisher Number:

2027/heb01443 hdl