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Author:   Jairus Banaji (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9781107101944

ISBN 10:   1107101948
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   01 December 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; Introductory essay: 1. Mass production, monetary economy and the commercial vitality of the Mediterranean; Part I. Mapping the Late Antique Economy: 2. Mickwitz's modernism: the writings of 1932–6; 3. State and aristocracy in the economic evolution of the Late Empire; 4. The economic trajectories of late antiquity; Part II. Money Circulation (Rules, Rhythms): 5. Discounts, weight standards and the exchange rate between gold and copper; 6. Precious metal coinages and monetary expansion in late antiquity; Part III. Aristocracies and Estates: 7. Aristocracies, peasantries and the framing of the early Middle Ages: 8. Late antique aristocracies: the case of Iran; Part IV. Beyond the Mediterranean and Late Antiquity: 9. Late antique legacies and Muslim economic expansion; 10. 'Regions that look seaward' - changing fortunes, submerged histories, and the slow capitalism of the sea.

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Jairus Banaji is Research Professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has published on a wide range of subjects and very different periods, and his last book Theory as History (2010) won the 2011 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize.

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