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The grain market in the Roman Empire : a social, political and economic study / Paul Erdkamp.

Title
The grain market in the Roman Empire : a social, political and economic study / Paul Erdkamp.
Author
Erdkamp, Paul
Publication
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Description
viii, 364 p. : maps; 24 cm.
Summary
Examining studies on food supply and the grain market in pre-industrial Europe, this book addresses questions of productivity, division of labour, market relations and market integration. The social and political aspects of the Roman grain market are also considered.
Subject
  • Grain trade > Rome
  • Agriculture, Ancient > Rome
  • Agriculture > Economic aspects > Rome
  • Graanhandel
  • Markt
  • Voedselvoorziening
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-355) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Production and productivity in Roman agriculture -- 2. The world of the smallholder -- 3. Farmers and their market relations -- 4. Market integration : connecting supply and demand -- 5. Rome and the corn provinces -- 6. Urban food supply and grain market intervention.
ISBN
  • 0521838789 (hbk.)
  • 9780521838788 (hbk.)
LCCN
^^2006295586
OCLC
  • 61425251
  • SCSB-12216421
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library