| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 333 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Oxford studies on the Roman economy
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Oxford studies on the Roman economy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Quantifying Roman Agriculture / Andrew Wilson -- 2. The State and Production in the Roman Agrarian Economy / Dennis Kehoe -- 3. GIS Models of Roman Agricultural Production / Helen Goodchild -- 4. Agricultural Production in the Hinterland of Rome: Wine and Olive Oil / Annalisa Marzano -- 5. Capital Investment and Agriculture: Multi-Press Facilities from Gaul, the Iberian Peninsula, and the Black Sea Region / Annalisa Marzano -- 6. The Rural Landscape of Thugga: Farms, Presses, Mills, and Transport / Mariette de Vos -- 7. Agricultural Production in Egypt / Alan Bowman -- 8. The Agricultural Economy of the Mendesian Nome under Roman Rule / Katherine Blouin -- 9. Mechanical Irrigation: Water-Lifting Devices in the Archaeological Evidence and in the Egyptian Papyri / Andrew Wilson -- 10. Agriculture in the Faynan: Food Supply for the Mining Industry / Hannah Friedman. |
| Summary |
This collection presents new analyses of the nature and scale of Roman agriculture. It outlines the fundamental features of agricultural production through studying the documentary and archaeological evidence for the modes of land exploitation and the organisation, development of, and investment in this sector. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Rome.
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Rome -- Economic conditions -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General. |
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects. |
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Economic history. |
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Rome (Empire) |
| Chronological Term |
30 B.C.-476 A.D |
| Added Author |
Bowman, Alan K., editor.
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Wilson, Andrew, 1968- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Roman agricultural economy. First edition. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013 9780199665723 (DLC) 2013937245 (OCoLC)851154281 |
| ISBN |
9780191651922 (electronic bk.) |
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0191651923 (electronic bk.) |
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9780191751172 |
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0191751170 |
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9780199665723 (hardback) |
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0199665729 (hardback) |
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9780198788522 (paperback) |
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