Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 0511061536
9780511061530
051105520X
9780511055201
9780511482847
0511482841
1280430583
9781280430589
0511069995
9780511069994
9786610430581
6610430586
9781139148788
1139148788
9780521044301
0521044308
0521819245
9780521819244
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-324) and indexes.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "This history of land tenure under the Ptolemies explores the relationship between the new Ptolemaic state and the ancient traditions of landholding and tenure. Departing from the traditional emphasis on the Fayyum, it offers a coherent framework for understanding the structure of the Ptolemaic state, and thus of the economy as a whole. Drawing for the first time on both Greek and demotic papyri, as well as hieroglyphic inscriptions and theories taken from the social sciences, Professor Manning argues that the traditional central-state "despotic" model of the Egyptian economy is insufficient. The result is a subtler picture of the complex relationship between the demands of the new state and the ancient, locally-organized social structure of Egypt. By revealing the dynamics between central and local power in Egypt, the book shows that Ptolemaic economic power ultimately shaped Roman Egyptian social and economic institutions."--Jacket
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| Other form: | Print version: Manning, Joseph Gilbert. Land and power in Ptolemaic Egypt. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003
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