The ancient counties surrounding the Weald in the SE corner of England have a strongly marked character of their own that has survived remarkably well in the face of ever-increasing population pressure. The area is, however, comparatively neglected in discussion of Roman Britain, where it is...

Work, labour, professions : what's in a name? / Koenraad Verboven and Christian Laes -- Sorting out labour in the Roman provinces : some reflections on labour and institutions in Asia Minor / Arjan Zuiderhoek -- Contracts, coercion, and the boundaries of the Roman artisanal firm / Cameron...

"This book brings together André Tchernia's previously published essays, updated and revised, with recent notes and prefaced with an entirely new synthesis of his views on Roman commerce with a particular emphasis on the people involved in it"--Book jacket

Introduction to the Aztec economic world -- The structure of Mesoamerican economy -- The Mesoamerican marketplace -- Merchants, profit and the Precolumbian world -- Often invisible: domestic entrepreneurs in Mesoamerican commerce -- The professional retail merchants -- Merchant communities and...

Steel and silk -- Silk in Roman society -- The Chinese empire and the Xiongnu -- The discovery of the west -- Securing the silk routes -- The Kushan empire -- The Sogdian intermediaries -- Caspian routes and the Crimea -- Black Sea voyages -- The Sarmatians -- The Parthian empire -- Parthia and...

Introduction -- Lead with power not force -- Lead from the front -- Defy convention -- Bet on yourself -- Keep the lines of communication open -- Co-opt the power of others -- Pre-empt your enemies -- Invest in your power base

Introduction: Roman pride and prejudices -- Quamvis indignus: criers, status, and soundscapes -- Touch, pollution, and the mortuary trades in the Roman Mediterranean -- Scent and sensibilities: tanners in the ancient Mediterranean -- Currency and control: legal disrepute and associations of mint...

Introduction -- The Early Dynastic period (c. 3000-2686 BCE) -- The Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period (c. 2686-2025 BCE) -- The Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period (c. 2025-1550 BCE) -- The New Kingdom (c. 1550-1069 BCE) -- The Third Intermediate Period (c. 1069-664 BCE) -- The...

Charters, transaction costs, and trust -- The business of trust -- Reputation management -- Reputation, rhetoric, and participation -- Associations in legal thought and practice -- Associations in Late Roman Egypt -- Conclusion

1. Seasonality, uncertainty, and consumer demand in an ancient city -- 2. Specialisation, associations, and the organisation of production -- 3. Manumission and the urban labour market -- 4. The artisan household and the Roman economy

The Ancient Greek Economy: Markets, Households and City-States brings together sixteen essays by leading scholars of the ancient Greek economy specialising in history, economics, archaeology and numismatics. Marshalling a wide array of evidence, these essays investigate and analyse the role of...

This comprehensive introduction to the ancient Greek economy revolutionizes our understanding of the subject and its possibilities. Alain Bresson is one of the world's leading authorities in the field, and he is helping to redefine it. Here he combines a thorough knowledge of ancient sources...

"This exciting new volume examines the development of market performance from Antiquity until the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Efficient market structures are agreed by most economists to serve as evidence of economic prosperity, and to be prerequisites for further economic growth....

Economic Equality and Direct Democracy in Ancient Athens argues against mainstream views, which tend to find an inexplicable paradox between ancient Athens' extraordinary politics, on the one hand, and its apparent economic inequality, on the other hand. In contrast, the author suggests that in...

Explanation of the success and failure of the Roman economy is one of the most important problems in economic history. As an economic system capable of sustaining high production and consumption levels, it was unparalleled until the early modern period. This volume focuses on how the...

"The Ancient Maya Marketplace, edited by Eleanor M. King, reviews the debate on prehispanic Maya markets. The volume's contributors challenge the model of a non-commercialized Maya economy and offer compelling new evidence for the existence and identification of ancient marketplaces among the...

Publisher's note to the English edition -- The historiography and structures of the Roman economy -- Agriculture and livestock -- Manufacturing activities -- Banking and the financial life -- Commerce -- Remarks on the evolution of the Roman economy -- Texts discussed