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1、THECAMBRIDGEECONOMICHISTORYOFTHEGRECO-ROMANWORLDInthis,thefirstcomprehensiveone-volumesurveyoftheeconomiesofclassicalantiquity,twenty-eightchapterssummarizethecurrentstateofscholarshipintheirspecializedfieldsandsketchnewdirectionsforresearch.Theapproachtakenisboththematic,withchapte

2、rsontheunderlyingdeterminantsofeconomicperfor-mance,andchronological,withcoverageofthewholeoftheGreekandRomanworldsextendingfromtheAegeanBronzeAgetolateantiquity.Thecontributorsmovebeyondthesubstantivist-formalistdebatesthatdominatedtwentieth-centuryscholarshipanddisplayanewintere

3、stineconomicgrowthinantiquity.Newmeth-odsformeasuringeconomicdevelopmentaredeveloped,oftencombiningtextualandarchaeologicaldatathathavepreviouslybeentreatedseparately.Fullyaccessibletoabroadreadership,thevolumerepresentsamajoradvanceinourunderstandingoftheeconomicexpansionthatmade

4、thecivilizationoftheclassicalMediterraneanworldpossible.walterscheidelisProfessorofClassicsand,bycourtesy,HistoryatStan-fordUniversity.HispublicationsincludeMeasuringSex,AgeandDeathintheRomanEmpire(1996),DeathontheNile:DiseaseandtheDemographyofRomanEgypt(2001),and,aseditor,Debatin

5、gRomanDemography(2001)andTheAncientEconomy(2002,withSittavonReden).ianmorrisisJeanandRebeccaWillardProfessorofClassicsandProfessorofHistoryatStanfordUniversity,anddirectsStanford’sexcavationatMontePolizzo,Sicily.HispublicationsincludeTheGreeks:History,Culture,andSociety(2005,withB

6、arryPowell)andTheAncientEconomy:EvidenceandModels(2005,withJoeManning).richardsallerisProfessorofClassicsandHistoryandtheVernonR.andLysbethWarrenAndersonDeanoftheSchoolofHumanitiesandSciencesatStanfordUniversity.HispublicationsincludePersonalPatronageundertheEarlyEmpire(Cambridge,

7、1982)andPatriarchy,PropertyandDeathintheRomanFamily(Cambridge,1994)andheisco-authorofTheRomanEmpire:Economy,SocietyandCulture(1987).CambridgeHistoriesOnline©CambridgeUniversityPress,2008THECAMBRIDGEECONOMICHISTORYOFTHEGRECO-ROMANWORLDeditedbyWALTERSCHEIDELProfessorofClassicsand,by

8、courtesy,History,StanfordUniversi