Hellenistic Economies

<p>The economies of classical and Mediterranean antiquity are currently a battleground. Some scholars see them as lively and progressive, even proto-capitalist: others see them as static, embedded in social action and status relationships.<br>Focusing on the central period of the Mediterranean 330-30 BC, this book contributes substantially to the debate, by juxtaposing general questions of theory and model-building with case-studies which examine specific areas and kinds of evidence.<br>It breaks new ground by distilling and presenting new and newly-reinterpreted evidence for the Hellenistic era, by opening the debate on how we should replace Rostovtzeff's classic view of this period, and by offering a compelling new set of interpretative ideas to the debate on the ancient economy.</p> List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors, Preface, Acknowledgments, List of abbreviations, PART I Setting the scene, PART II Structures, PART III Geographies and place: regional economies, PART IV Economic relationships, PART V Movements and markers, PART VI Destinations, Index of sources, General index