Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-398) and index.
Contents:
Conclusions : Overview of Presented Arguments / Paul Erdkamp, Koenraad Verboven, and Arjan Zuiderhoek. Agriculture, Division of Labour, and the Paths to Economic Growth / Paul Erdkamp -- Landed Wealth in the Long Term : Patterns, Possibilities, Evidence / Kyle Harper -- The Imperial Property and its Development / Elio Lo Cascio -- Imperial Wealth in Roman Egypt : The Julio-Claudian ousiai / Laurens E. Tacoma -- Property Rights over Land and Economic Growth in the Roman Empire / Dennis P. Kehoe -- Property Rights in Ancient Rome / Éva Jakab -- Water Use and Productivity in Roman Agriculture : Selling, Sharing, Servitudes / Christer Bruun -- "Watered ... with the Life-Giving Wave" : Aqueducts and Water Management in Ostrogothic Italy / Yuri A. Marano -- The Nature of the Villa Economy / Alessandro Launaro -- The Variety of Villa Production : From Agriculture to Aquaculture / Annalisa Marzano -- The African Boom : The Origins of Economic Growth in Roman North Africa / Matthew S. Hobson -- The Local Economy of Palmyra : Organizing Agriculture in an Oasis Environment / Julia Hoffmann-Salz -- Changes in Animal Husbandry as a Consequence of Developing Social and Economic Patterns from the Roman Mediterranean Context / Michael MacKinnon -- Salt in Asia Minor : An Outline of Roman Authority Interest in the Resource / Isabella Tsigarida -- Centurions, Quarries, and the Emperor / Alfred M. Hirt -- The Mining, Minting, and Acquisition of Gold in the Roman and Post-Roman World / Fernando López Sánchez -- Conclusions : Overview of Presented Arguments / Paul Erdkamp, Koenraad Verboven, and Arjan Zuiderhoek.
Summary:
"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 institutional structure of the Roman Empire affected economic performance both positively and negatively. An international range of contributors offers a variety of approaches that together enhance our understanding of how different ownership rights and various modes of organization and exploitation facilitated or prevented the use of land and natural resources in the production process. Relying on a large array of resources -- literary, legal, epigraphic, papyrological, numismatic, and archaeological -- chapters address key questions regarding the foundations of the Roman Empire's economic system. Questions of growth, concentration and legal status of property (private, public, or imperial), the role of the state, content and limitations of rights of ownership, water rights and management, exploitation of indigenous populations, and many more receive new and original analyses"--Jacket.
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