Pliny's Roman Economy : Natural History, Innovation, and Growth /

"Recent works by economic historians of early modern Europe have argued for a link between encyclopedias of the 18th century and the developments culminating in the Industrial Revolution. Diderot and D'Alembert's great Encyclopedie aimed to disseminate useful knowledge for productive...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Saller, Richard P. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2022]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Pliny, > the Elder. > Naturalis historia.
Naturalis historia (Pliny, the Elder)
Economics.
Economic history.
Economics > Rome > History.
Rome (Empire)
Rome > Economic conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Proxies for Economic Performance in the Roman Empire
  • Excursus: Morgantina
  • Pliny's Purpose, Audience, and Method
  • Excursus: Pliny on Remedies for Rabies
  • Parens Natura and Smithian Growth
  • Innovation and Economic Growth in the Natural History
  • Excursus: Aulus Gellius on Pliny and the Culture Of Authoritative Knowledge
  • Pliny's Economic Observations and Reasoning
  • "Utility" and the Afterlife of the Natural History
  • Excursus: Fulling as an Illustration Comparing Pliny's Natural History And
  • Chambers' Cyclopaedia
  • Conclusion.

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