Neville Morley

Metropolis and Hinterland

The City of Rome and the Italian Economy, 200 BC Ad 200

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book studies the growth of the city of Rome and the effects of its demands for food and migrants on the economy of Italy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9780521893312
• ISBN-10: 0521893313
• Artikelnr.: 22075727

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Rome and Italy
1. The metropolitan city in a pre-industrial economy
2. The demographic burden
3. A model of agricultural change
4. The transformation of the Roman suburbium
5. Agricultural development in central Italy
6. Exploiting the margins
7. Marketing and urbanisation
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.