The Roman market economy

The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution. The Roman Market Economy uses the tools of modern economics to show how trade, markets, and the Pax Romana were...

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Auteur principal: Temin, Peter, 1937-
Format: Livre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: Princeton ; NJ [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press 2013.
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Accès en ligne:Accès Université Orléans et IFPM
Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-287) and index
La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : XII, 299 p.
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Résumé:The quality of life for ordinary Roman citizens at the height of the Roman Empire probably was better than that of any other large group of people living before the Industrial Revolution. The Roman Market Economy uses the tools of modern economics to show how trade, markets, and the Pax Romana were critical to ancient Rome's prosperity. Peter Temin, one of the world's foremost economic historians, argues that markets dominated the Roman economy [....]. The Roman Market Economy reveals how economics can help us understand how the Roman Empire could have ruled seventy million people and endured for centuries
Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-287) and index
La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : XII, 299 p.
Cyberlibris (ScholarVox) Corpus Histoire
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ISBN:9781400845422
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