Antique HC 1930 Economic Life Ancient World Hunt Fish Farm Industry Trade Colony

Description: The Economic Life of the Ancient World by Jules Toutain. DESCRIPTION: Hardcover: 361 pages. Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd; (1930). This is considered the premier publication in its field, the benchmark against which all latter books were measured against. Evidently this classic has withstood the test of time well, and the more recent publications found wanting in comparison, as Routledge republished this work has recently as 1997 (the present price on Amazon is over $400). This is the 1930 edition published simultaneously in New York and London. Why would you pay over $400.00 when you could have the same book in a classic, antique format for $79.99? CONDITION: Modest edge and corner shelfwear to covers, particularly to spine head and heel where fabric is just starting to fray. However the covers are otherwise clean and unstained. Inside is surprisingly nice, with the pages clean, crisp, unmutilated, relatively well bound, and unmarked EXCEPT for the original owner's name neatly written in ink on the front end paper (the first blank page in the book). Also, the top surface of the closed page edges shows just a smidge of dust dinge (visible only when book is closed, not to individual pages, only to the mass of closed page edges). This is considered the premier publication in its field, the benchmark against which all latter books were measured against. Evidently this classic has withstood the test of time well, and the more recent publications found wanting in comparison, as Routledge republished this work has recently as 1997 (list price is $320.00). A solid, clean copy with only minor blemishes, I'd rate it a VG minus (though considering its age, it is nonetheless in remarkably good condition. Satisfaction unconditionally guaranteed. In stock, ready to ship. PLEASE SEE IMAGES BELOW FOR JACKET DESCRIPTION(S) AND FOR PAGES OF PICTURES FROM INSIDE OF BOOK. Contents include: Forward: Economic Development: Methods and Factors (by Henri Berr). Introduction: Definition of Economic Life. It’s Historical Character. PART ONE: The Economic Life of the Ancient World; Great Periods, Documents, Method. Chapter One. Homeric and Hesiodic Society: 1) Agriculture and fruit growing. 2) Stock breeding. 3) Forests: hunting and fishing. 4) Farming methods and equipment. 5) The organization and character of landed property. 6) Industry. 7) Trade, exchanges, voyages. Chapter Two. The Expansion of Greece Over the Mediterranean: 1) The economic causes of Greek colonization. 2) The economic character of Greek colonies. 3) The economic consequences of Greek colonization. Chapter Three. Agriculture and Agricultural Life. Rural Property in the Greek World from the Sixth to the Fourth Century Before Christ. 1) Agriculture, stock-breeding, forests, hunting and fishing. 2) The equipment and organization of farming. 3) Direct and indirect methods of farming. 4) The status and character of rural property in Greece. Chapter Four. Industry and Industrial Labor in the Greek World from the Sixth to the Fourth Century Before Christ: 1) Raw materials; their sources and employment. 2) The general character of industry. 3) The chief industrial centers of the Greek world. 4) Industrial labor and its organization. 5) The position of industrial labor and the economy of Greece. Chapter Five. Trade in the Greek World from the Sixth to the Fourth Century Before Christ: 1) The nature of exchanges. 2) The principle kinds of merchandise. 3) Trade routes by land and sea. 4) Chief ports and commercial centers. 5) The commercial expansion of the Greeks. 6) Money and the organization of exchanges. 7) Laws and regulations regarding trade. PART TWO. The Economic Life of the Hellenistic World. Chapter One. The Historical and Economic Consequences of the Expedition of Alexander: 1) The extension of geographical knowledge. 2) The social consequences of Alexander’s expedition. 3) Circumstances favorable to economic progress. Chapter Two. The Economic Life of the Hellenistic World and Agriculture: 1) The agriculture and pastoral resources of the Hellenized East. 2) The organization of property in the Hellenistic Kingdoms. 3) Methods of farming. Chapter Three: The Economic Life of the Hellenistic World; Industry: 1) Raw materials. 2) The chief centers of manufacture. 3) The organization of labor. Chapter Four: Trade in the Hellenized East: 1) The great trade routes by land, river and sea. 2) The great trading centers; entrepots and seaports. 3) Forms and articles of Hellenistic trade. 4) Trade regulations. 5) Modes of exchange. PART THREE. The Economic Life of the Western Mediterranean and the Neighboring Regions to the establishment of the Roman Empire under Augustus. Chapter One: The Economic Life of the Barbarian West; North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, Gaul, The Progressive Influence of Carthage, Greece and Rome: 1) The economic life of Palaeolithic man. 2) The economic life of Neolithic man. 3) The Bronze and Iron Ages. 4) The protohistoric period. Chapter Two: The Economic Life of Carthage: 1) The practice and science of agriculture at Carthage. 2) The industry of Carthage. 3) The trade of Carthage. Chapter Three: The Economic Life of Primitive Italy; the Etruscans, Rome to the Middle of the Third Century Before Christ: 1) The economic life of primitive Italy. 2) The Etruscans and their economic life. 3) The economic life of early Rome. Chapter Four: The Economic Life of Rome from the Beginning of the Punic Wars to the Death of Augustus (264 B.C. to 14 A.D.): 1) The agriculture of Rome and Italy. 2) Industry in Rime and Italy. 3) Trade in Rome and Italy. 4) Movable wealth and capital. PART FOUR. The Economic Life of the Ancient World Under the Roman Empire. Chapter One: New Economic Conditions: 1) The territorial extension and general aspect of the Roman Empire. 2) Peace abroad and security. 3) Order at home. 4) Public works. 5) The influence of ancient economic life outside the Empire. Chapter Two: Agriculture and Stock Breeding. Property and Agricultural Labor in the Roman Empire: 1) Crops, livestock, forests, hunting, and fishing. 2) Agricultural progress. 3) Property and the organization of agricultural labor. Chapter Three: Industry and Industrial Labor: 1) Raw materials and the extractive industries; salt works, quarries, and mines. 2) Industrial production. 3) The principal industries. 4) The organization of industrial labor. Chapter Four: Trade, Exchanges, Economic Circulation, the Equipment of Trade: 1) Articles of commerce inside and outside the Empire. 2) Communications by land and sea. 3) Harbors. 4) Conditions of traffic: customs, octrois, tolls. 5) The organization and equipment of trade. Conclusion: The Economic Downfall of the Ancient World. Bibliography. Index. Maps: 1) The Expansion of the Greeks over the Mediterranean. 2) Greece and the Aegean. 3) The Hellenistic World. 4) The Carthaginian Empire. 5) Italy Under the Roman Republic. 6) The Roman Empire. 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