Athenian power and prosperity in the fourth century B.C. was based largely on commerce. The complex litigation arising from commercial activities was heard in special maritime courts, dikai emporikai, the…

Challenges the assumption that ancient Athens is best understood as a polis. This book recasts our understanding of Athenian political and social life. It demonstrates that ancient sources referred to…

In the first and second centuries CE a small elite of affluent slaves and wealthy free persons prospered in Rome amidst a mass of impoverished free inhabitants and impecunious enslaved…

Points the way to widened worker participation, greater employment security, and improved competitiveness for workers and employers alike. William Batt, U.S. Department of Labor

Deploys a range of theoretical perspectives to examine the ancient economy in a truly interdisciplinary light. The central focus is on archaic and classical Greece, however many chapters include comparative…

All drawings in this collection originally appeared in The New Yorker and were published in the years 1966 through 2014 inclusive by The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. –Title page verso.

This books fills a gap in the existing literature by providing analysis of international practice methods which can be used by developing countries to develop their own professional and educational…