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  • Roman Power

    A Thousand Years of Empire

    by W. V. Harris ...
    The Roman Empire was one of the largest and most enduring in world history. In his new book, distinguished historian W. V. Harris sets out to explain, within an eclectic theoretical framework, the waxing and eventual waning of Roman imperial power, together with the Roman community's internal power structures (political power, social power, gender power and economic power). Effectively integrating ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans

    Edited by W. V. Harris ...
    Most people have some idea what Greeks and Romans coins looked like, but few know how complex Greek and Roman monetary systems eventually became. The contributors to this volume are numismatists, ancient historians, and economists intent on investigating how these systems worked and how they both did and did not resemble a modern monetary system. Why did people first start using coins? How did ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

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  • Debt

    The First 5,000 Years,Updated and Expanded

    by David Graeber ...
    Now in paperback, the updated and expanded edition: David Graeber’s “fresh . . . fascinating . . . thought-provoking . . . and exceedingly timely” (Financial Times) history of debtHere anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom: he shows that before there was money, there was debt. For more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Great Wave : Price Revolutions And The Rhythm Of History

    by David Hackett Fischer ...
    David Hackett Fischer, one of our most prominent historians, has garnered a reputation for making history come alive--even stories as familiar as Paul Revere's ride, or as complicated as the assimilation of British culture in North America. Now, in The Great Wave, Fischer has done it again, marshaling an astonishing array of historical facts in lucid and compelling prose to outline a history of ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Money Changes Everything

    How Finance Made Civilization Possible

    by William N. Goetzmann, William N. Goetzmann ...
    "[A] magnificent history of money and finance."—New York Times Book Review"Convincingly makes the case that finance is a change-maker of change-makers."—Financial TimesIn the aftermath of recent financial crises, it's easy to see finance as a wrecking ball: something that destroys fortunes and jobs, and undermines governments and banks. In Money Changes Everything, leading financial historian ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • The Dynamics of Ancient Empires

    State Power from Assyria to Byzantium

    by Ian Morris, Walter Scheidel ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Early Empires
    The world's first known empires took shape in Mesopotamia between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf, beginning around 2350 BCE. The next 2,500 years witnessed sustained imperial growth, bringing a growing share of humanity under the control of ever-fewer states. Two thousand years ago, just four major powers--the Roman, Parthian, Kushan, and Han empires--ruled ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • The Beginnings of Rome

    Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c.1000–264 BC)

    by Tim Cornell ...
    Series series The Routledge History of the Ancient World
    Using the results of archaeological techniques, and examining methodological debates, Tim Cornell provides a lucid and authoritative account of the rise of Rome.The Beginnings of Rome offers insight on major issues such as:Rome’s relations with the Etruscansthe conflict between patricians and plebeiansthe causes of Roman imperialismthe growth of slave-based economy.Answering the need for raising ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece

    by Josiah Ober ...
    Series series The Princeton History of the Ancient World
    A major new history of classical Greece—how it rose, how it fell, and what we can learn from itLord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era, Greece was densely populated and highly urbanized. Many surprisingly healthy Greeks lived in remarkably big houses and worked ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • Rome and China

    Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires

    by Walter Scheidel ...
    Series series Oxford Studies in Early Empires
    Transcending ethnic, linguistic, and religious boundaries, early empires shaped thousands of years of world history. Yet despite the global prominence of empire, individual cases are often studied in isolation. This series seeks to change the terms of the debate by promoting cross-cultural, comparative, and transdisciplinary perspectives on imperial state formation prior to the European colonial ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • The Great Wave

    Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History

    by David Hackett Fischer ...
    David Hackett Fischer, one of our most prominent historians, has garnered a reputation for making history come alive--even stories as familiar as Paul Revere's ride, or as complicated as the assimilation of British culture in North America. Now, in The Great Wave, Fischer has done it again, marshaling an astonishing array of historical facts in lucid and compelling prose to outline a history of ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The Roman Market Economy

    by Peter Temin ...
    Series series The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
    What modern economics can tell us about ancient RomeThe 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 ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Before the Industrial Revolution

    European Society and Economy 1000-1700

    by Carlo M. Cipolla ...
    First published in 1993. In this classic textbook, Cipolla explores the slow but complex process of development that transformed Europe from its relatively weak position in AD 1000 into the highly dynamic and powerful society of 1700. The book is: * Interdisciplinary - blending the economist's and the historian's approach * Full of sources and commentary derived not only from social and economic ... Read more

    $66.99 USD