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26 produkter
The Cambridge Ancient History
Av Averil Cameron, Peter Garnsey
Inbunden, 1997
4159 kr
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With the publication of Volume 13 The Cambridge Ancient History moves into fresh territory. The first edition was completed by Volume 12 which closed in AD 324. The editors of the new edition have enlarged the scope of Volume 12 to include the foundation of Constantinople and the death of …
Cities, Peasants and Food in Classical Antiquity
Essays in Social and Economic History
Av Peter Garnsey, Walter Scheidel
E-bok, 1998
823 kr
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Hellenistic Constructs
Essays in Culture, History, and Historiography
Av Paul Cartledge, Peter Garnsey m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
926 kr
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The Hellenistic period (approximately the last three centuries B.C.), with its cultural complexities and enduring legacies, retains a lasting fascination today. Reflecting the vigor and productivity of scholarship directed at this period in the past decade, this collection of original essays is a …
The Roman Empire: Economy, Society and Culture
Av Peter Garnsey, Richard Saller
Häftad
556 kr
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Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World
Responses to Risk and Crisis
Inbunden, 1988
972 kr
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The first full-length study of famine in antiquity. The study provides detailed case studies of Athens and Rome, the best known states of antiquity, but also illuminates the institutional response to food crisis in the mass of ordinary cities in the Mediterranean world. Ancient historians have …
Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World
Responses to Risk and Crisis
Häftad, 1989
754 kr
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The first full-length study of famine in antiquity. The study provides detailed case studies of Athens and Rome, the best known states of antiquity, but also illuminates the institutional response to food crisis in the mass of ordinary cities in the Mediterranean world. Ancient historians have …
Ideas of Slavery from Aristotle to Augustine
Häftad, 1996
699 kr
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This study, unique of its kind, asks how slavery was viewed by the leading spokesmen of Greece and Rome. There was no movement for abolition in these societies, nor a vigorous debate, such as occurred in antebellum America, but this does not imply that slavery was accepted without question. Dr …
Cities, Peasants and Food in Classical Antiquity
Essays in Social and Economic History
Av Peter Garnsey, Walter Scheidel
Inbunden, 1998
1173 kr
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Sixteen essays in the social and economic history of the ancient world, by a leading historian of classical antiquity, are here brought conveniently together. Three overlapping parts deal with the urban economy and society, peasants and the rural economy, and food-supply and food-crisis. While …
Food and Society in Classical Antiquity
Av Peter Garnsey, P. A. Cartledge m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
1274 kr
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This is the first study of food in classical antiquity that treats it as both a biological and a cultural phenomenon. The variables of food quantity, quality and availability, and the impact of disease, are evaluated and a judgement reached which inclines to pessimism. Food is also a symbol, …
Food and Society in Classical Antiquity
Av Peter Garnsey, P. A. Cartledge m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
586 kr
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This is the first study of food in classical antiquity that treats it as both a biological and a cultural phenomenon. The variables of food quantity, quality and availability, and the impact of disease, are evaluated and a judgement reached which inclines to pessimism. Food is also a symbol, …
Thinking about Property
From Antiquity to the Age of Revolution
Häftad, 2007
586 kr
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This book explores ancient 'foundational' texts relating to property and their reception by later thinkers in their various contexts up to the early nineteenth century. The texts include Plato's vision of an ideal polity in the Republic, Jesus' teachings on renunciation and poverty, and Golden Age …
Thinking about Property
From Antiquity to the Age of Revolution
Inbunden, 2007
1677 kr
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This book explores ancient 'foundational' texts relating to property and their reception by later thinkers in their various contexts up to the early nineteenth century. The texts include Plato's vision of an ideal polity in the Republic, Jesus' teachings on renunciation and poverty, and Golden Age …
Cities, Peasants and Food in Classical Antiquity
Essays in Social and Economic History
Av Peter Garnsey, Walter Scheidel
Häftad, 2004
820 kr
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Sixteen essays in the social and economic history of the ancient world, by a leading historian of classical antiquity, are here brought conveniently together. Three overlapping parts deal with the urban economy and society, peasants and the rural economy, and food-supply and food-crisis. While …
Against the Death Penalty
Writings from the First Abolitionists—Giuseppe Pelli and Cesare Beccaria
Av Cesare Beccaria, Giuseppie Pelli m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
418 kr
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The first known abolitionist critique of the death penalty—here for the first time in EnglishIn 1764, a Milanese aristocrat named Cesare Beccaria created a sensation when he published On Crimes and Punishments. At its centre is a rejection of the death penalty as excessive, unnecessary, and …
Against the Death Penalty
Writings from the First Abolitionists—Giuseppe Pelli and Cesare Beccaria
Av Giuseppie Pelli, Cesare Beccaria m. fl.
E-bok, 2020
328 kr
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The first known abolitionist critique of the death penalty—here for the first time in English In 1764, a Milanese aristocrat named Cesare Beccaria created a sensation when he published On Crimes and Punishments . At its centre is a rejection of the death penalty as excessive, unnecessary, and …
Against the Death Penalty
Writings from the First Abolitionists—Giuseppe Pelli and Cesare Beccaria
Av Cesare Beccaria, Giuseppie Pelli m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
263 kr
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The first known abolitionist critique of the death penalty—here for the first time in EnglishIn 1764, a Milanese aristocrat named Cesare Beccaria created a sensation when he published On Crimes and Punishments. At its centre is a rejection of the death penalty as excessive, unnecessary, and …
Roman Empire
Economy, Society and Culture
Av Peter Garnsey, R. Saller m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
444 kr
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During the first, stable period of the Principate (roughly from 27 BC to AD 235), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. But how was the vast territory of the empire controlled? Did the demands of central government stimulate economic …
Rethinking Capital Punishment
The Pre-History of the Abolition of the Death Penalty
E-bok, 2026
489 kr
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Rethinking Capital Punishment
The Pre-History of the Abolition of the Death Penalty
Inbunden, 2026
465 kr
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The death penalty was accepted almost universally until the eighteenth century, when Giuseppe Pelli of Florence and Cesare Beccaria of Milan produced works calling for its abolition. Why was this form of punishment so integrated into laws and customary practices? And what is the pre-history of the …
Rethinking Capital Punishment
The Pre-History of the Abolition of the Death Penalty
E-bok, 2026
489 kr
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Roman Empire
Economy, Society and Culture
Av Peter Garnsey, Richard Saller
Häftad, 2014
429 kr
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During the Principate (roughly from 27 BC to AD 235), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. But how was the vast territory of the empire controlled? Did the demands of central government stimulate economic growth or endanger survival? What …
Roman Empire
Economy, Society and Culture
Av Peter Garnsey, Richard Saller
E-bok, 2014
466 kr
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During the Principate (roughly from 27 BC to AD 235), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. But how was the vast territory of the empire controlled? Did the demands of central government stimulate economic growth or endanger survival? What …
Roman Empire
Economy, Society and Culture
Av Peter Garnsey, Richard Saller
E-bok, 2014
466 kr
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During the Principate (roughly from 27 BC to AD 235), when the empire reached its maximum extent, Roman society and culture were radically transformed. But how was the vast territory of the empire controlled? Did the demands of central government stimulate economic growth or endanger survival? What …
The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume 12, The Crisis of Empire, AD 193-337
Av Alan Bowman, Averil Cameron m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
4104 kr
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This volume covers the history of the Roman Empire from the accession of Septimius Severus in AD 193 to the death of Constantine in AD 337. This period was one of the most critical in the history of the Mediterranean world. It begins with the establishment of the Severan dynasty as a result of …
