| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 215 pages) |
| Series |
Mnemosyne supplements. History and archaeology of classical antiquity ; volume 412 |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity.
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 412.
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| Contents |
Introduction: approaching the imperial Roman economy -- Central aims of the book -- Who will read this? Target audiences -- Lingering questions about imperial Rome -- The many faces of Roman economic history -- From fine-grained to 'big picture': methods and treatment of the evidence -- The contribution of modern thinking to ancient problems -- Book organization -- Terms and definitions -- The gift that kept on giving: perpetual endowments and the role of prosociality in Rome's economic development -- The evolution of prosocial traits from the early days of Rome -- Prosociality, charity, and social capital: how elite benefaction came to be -- Perpetual foundations: the gift that kept on giving -- What lies under the epiphenomena? -- Investing in the Roman economy : material evidence for economic development -- Benefactions as wealth generators -- Investment opportunities in the Roman economy -- Money in the Roman economy : the numismatic evidence -- Supplying the demand : coinage, monetization, and market development -- Aligning public and private interests: public building, private money, and urban development -- Public needs and private incentives -- Rome : a world of cities -- Public building in the cities of Roman Africa: a case study -- Urbanization and the development of the non-agrarian sectors -- The surprisingly short reach of the Roman state -- The public deeds of private citizens -- Aligning interests -- Measuring economic performance beyond GDP : economic growth, income inequality, and Roman living standards -- Real growth in the pre-modern world? : debates, controversies, and confusion in Roman economic history -- Proxy evidence : extrapolation or hypothesis testing? -- Rome's 99% : economic capacity and the distribution of wealth -- Sharing the spoils of success : increasing living standards with public goods -- Collective action and prosociality in the creation of public goods -- From prosociality to civil strife : conflict, stagnation, and growing regional divides in the third century ce -- An overview of the 'crises' of the third century -- What really happened after 235 CE? -- Money, investment, and markets -- Production and exchange -- The end of Roman prosociality? -- Conclusion : Rome's place in a global history of development |
| Summary |
The Roman Empire has long held pride of place in the collective memory of scholars, politicians, and the general public in the western world. In "Money, Culture, and Well-Being in Rome's Economic Development, 0-275 CE", Daniel Hoyer offers a new approach to explain Rome's remarkable development. Hoyer surveys a broad selection of material to see how this diverse body of evidence can be reconciled to produce a single, coherent picture of the Roman economy. Engaging with social scientific and economic theory, Hoyer highlights key issues in economic history, placing the Roman Empire in its rightful place as a special - but not wholly unique - example of a successful preindustrial state |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 18, 2019) |
| Subject |
Economic development -- Rome
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Economic development
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Economic history
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| SUBJECT |
Rome -- Economic conditions -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97007572
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| Subject |
Rome (Empire)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018024689 |
| ISBN |
9789004358287 |
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9004358285 |
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