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1、THECAMBRIDGEECONOMICHISTORYOFTHEGRECO-ROMANWORLDInthis,thefirstcomprehensiveone-volumesurveyoftheeconomiesofclassicalantiquity,twenty-eightchapterssummarizethecurrentstateofscholarshipintheirspecializedfieldsandsketchnewdirectionsforresearch.Theapproachtakenisbotht
2、hematic,withchaptersontheunderlyingdeterminantsofeconomicperfor-mance,andchronological,withcoverageofthewholeoftheGreekandRomanworldsextendingfromtheAegeanBronzeAgetolateantiquity.Thecontributorsmovebeyondthesubstantivist-formalistdebatesthatdominatedtwentieth-ce
3、nturyscholarshipanddisplayanewinterestineconomicgrowthinantiquity.Newmeth-odsformeasuringeconomicdevelopmentaredeveloped,oftencombiningtextualandarchaeologicaldatathathavepreviouslybeentreatedseparately.Fullyaccessibletoabroadreadership,thevolumerepresentsamajora
4、dvanceinourunderstandingoftheeconomicexpansionthatmadethecivilizationoftheclassicalMediterraneanworldpossible.walterscheidelisProfessorofClassicsand,bycourtesy,HistoryatStan-fordUniversity.HispublicationsincludeMeasuringSex,AgeandDeathintheRomanEmpire(1996),Death
5、ontheNile:DiseaseandtheDemographyofRomanEgypt(2001),and,aseditor,DebatingRomanDemography(2001)andTheAncientEconomy(2002,withSittavonReden).ianmorrisisJeanandRebeccaWillardProfessorofClassicsandProfessorofHistoryatStanfordUniversity,anddirectsStanford’sexcavationa
6、tMontePolizzo,Sicily.HispublicationsincludeTheGreeks:History,Culture,andSociety(2005,withBarryPowell)andTheAncientEconomy:EvidenceandModels(2005,withJoeManning).richardsallerisProfessorofClassicsandHistoryandtheVernonR.andLysbethWarrenAndersonDeanoftheSchoolofHum
7、anitiesandSciencesatStanfordUniversity.HispublicationsincludePersonalPatronageundertheEarlyEmpire(Cambridge,1982)andPatriarchy,PropertyandDeathintheRomanFamily(Cambridge,1994)andheisco-authorofTheRomanEmpire:Economy,SocietyandCulture(1987).CambridgeHistoriesOnlin
8、e©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008THECAMBRIDGEECONOMICHISTORYOFTHEGRECO-ROMANWORLDeditedbyWALTERSCHEIDELProf