Studies on Wealth in the Ancient World
- Submitting institution
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University of Wales Trinity Saint David / Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant
- Unit of assessment
- 31 - Theology and Religious Studies
- Output identifier
- Bissa1
- Type
- B - Edited book
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- Publisher
- Institute of Classical Studies
- ISBN
- 978-1905670628
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- July
- Year of publication
- 2016
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- Supplementary information
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- 29 - Classics
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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1
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
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In this volume, seven authors offer distinctive insights into overarching issues in the study of wealth across the Greco-Roman worlds: the sources and maintenance of wealth; the implications for differently organised societies of the division between wealthy and impoverished individuals and groups; and the moral implications of that divide. Some papers address general methodological issues and engage with scholarly debates in sociology and economic theory; others focus on specific historical problems and clusters of evidence. Bissa’s contribution to the volume consists of her own chapter which presents a strong and unorthodox argument about wealth in the Greek Classical world. In addition, she co-authored the introduction and recruited some of the international contributors. The volume together opens up new perspectives on wealth in the ancient world, its complex relationship with power, and the tensions and contradictions it entails.
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- Non-English
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