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Demography and the Graeco-Roman World: New Insights and Approaches
Hardback
Main Details
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Demography and the Graeco-Roman World: New Insights and Approaches
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Claire Holleran
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Edited by April Pudsey
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Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:226 | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 160 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9781107010826
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Classifications | Dewey:304.60938 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | |
Illustrations |
41 Tables, black and white; 5 Line drawings, black and white
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
1 September 2011 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Through a series of case studies this book demonstrates the wide-ranging impact of demographic dynamics on social, economic and political structures in the Graeco-Roman world. The individual case studies focus on fertility, mortality and migration and the roles they played in various aspects of ancient life. These studies - drawn from a range of populations in Athens and Attica, Rome and Italy, and Graeco-Roman Egypt - illustrate how new insights can be gained by applying demographic methods to familiar themes in ancient history. Methodological issues are addressed in a clear, straightforward manner with no assumption of prior technical knowledge, ensuring that the book is accessible to readers with no training in demography. The book marks an important step forward in ancient historical demography, affirming both the centrality of population studies in ancient history and the contribution that antiquity can make to population history in general.
Author Biography
Claire Holleran is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Liverpool. Her research interests lie primarily in ancient social and economic history, focusing in particular on the city of Rome. She is the author of Shopping in Ancient Rome (2012) and is co-editor with Amanda Claridge of A Companion to the City of Rome (2011). April Pudsey is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Liverpool. Her research interests lie primarily in ancient historical demography, with particular focus on Roman Egypt. She is preparing a monograph, Population and Society in Roman Egypt, and is the author of a chapter in Loven and Harlow (eds.) The Familia and its Transformation from Ancient Rome to Barbarian Europe, 50-600 CE (2011) and a chapter in Evans Grubbs and Parkin (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Childhood and Education in the Classical World (2012).
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