Greek slave systems in their Eastern Mediterranean context, c.800-146 BC /
The economic underpinnings of ancient Greek elite culture are explored in detail in this study of systems of slavery across the Greek world, which sets such practices in their broader Eastern Mediterranean context to highlight points of resemblance and contrast and shed light on the complex circumst...
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Author / Creator: | Lewis, David M. (David Malcolm), author. |
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Edition: | First edition. |
Imprint: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. ©2018 |
Description: | xii, 372 pages ; 25 cm |
Language: | English |
Subject: | Slavery -- Greece -- History. Slavery -- Middle East -- History. Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C. Middle East -- History -- To 622. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11807297 |
Summary: | The economic underpinnings of ancient Greek elite culture are explored in detail in this study of systems of slavery across the Greek world, which sets such practices in their broader Eastern Mediterranean context to highlight points of resemblance and contrast and shed light on the complex circumstances from which Greek slavery emerged. |
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Physical Description: | xii, 372 pages ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-350) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780198769941 0198769946 |