Cities, Peasants and Food in Classical Antiquity - Peter (University of Cambridge) Garnsey - Bog

This is a collection of essays in the social and economic history of Greece and Rome by a leading historian of classical antiquity. They are grouped in three overlapping parts, covering the economy and society of cities; peasants and the rural economy; and food-supply and famine.The range of subject matter and approach is wide and the treatment original and provocative.