J. G. Manning, Manning J. G.

Land and Power in Ptolemaic Egypt

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers an coherent framework for understanding the structure of the Ptolemaic state and economy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780521044301
• ISBN-10: 0521044308
• Artikelnr.: 23040703

Autorenporträt

J. G. Manning is Assistant Professor of Ancient History at Stanford University and has published The Hauswaldt Papyri: A Third Century B.C. Family Dossier from Edfu (1997; 3924151059).

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps, figures and tables
Preface
Abbreviations
Units of measure
Maps
Part I. Issues and Historical Background: 1. Issues and methodologies
2. The Ptolemaic state and its antecedents
Part II. Regional Case Studies of Land Tenure: 3. The land tenure regime in Upper Egypt
4. The land tenure regime in the Fayyum depression
Part III. Interpretation: 5. The Ptolemaic state, the land tenure regime, and economic power
6. The private transmission of land
7. Conclusions
Appendices
List of references
Index of sources
General index.