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Structure and Performance in the Roman Economy: Models, Methods and Case Studies

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-90-429-3280-7
Verlag: PEETERS PUB
Erscheinungstermin: 05.10.2015
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History is a reality that can be observed only through the traces it has

left. Some are words and images (on parchment, papyrus, stone or any

other bearer) conveying us the emotions and reflections of people in the

past. Others are the scars and leftovers of human lives and actions,

scattered in the landscape, buried or sunk under water. Historians and

archaeologists are experts in restoring the damage done to a body of

evidence by time or human manipulation. We are trained empiricists, wont

to look down and think bottom-up. Economic history, however, requires us

to do more: we need to look up. Economics is about explaining patterns

in human interaction by detecting its causes and effects. However good

our restored data are, the patterns they reveal will always be too

fragmented and have too many loose ends to unveil reality. Economic

history is always an act of imagination. The challenge is to ensure that

it does not become an insubstantial pageant. Theories, models and

comparative history help us to do that. They are explanatory frames and

tools, showing the consequences of our assumptions and suggesting

solutions to fill in the gaps. They do not diminish the need for

empirical research methods. The output of any model depends on the

reliability of its input data. This book discusses theories and models

we believe are useful in economic history, but it also invites the

reader to look at methods (both new and traditional) to ensure that

input data are reliable, and offers case studies showing what can be

done.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9789042932807
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-90-429-3280-7
  • Verlag: PEETERS PUB
  • Erscheinungstermin: 05.10.2015
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2015
  • Serie: Collection Latomus
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Gewicht: 413 g
  • Seiten: 238
  • Format (B x H x T): 159 x 238 x 15 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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