Poverty, wealth, and well-being : experiencing penia in democratic Athens /

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Author / Creator:	Taylor, Claire, 1978- author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Description:	viii, 309 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Poverty -- Greece -- Athens -- History. Economic history. Poverty. Social conditions. Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C. Greece -- Social conditions -- To 146 B.C. Greece -- Economic conditions -- To 146 B.C. Greece. Greece -- Athens. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11365831

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Varying Form of Title:	Poverty, wealth, & well-being
ISBN:	9780198786931 019878693X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-290) and indexes.
Summary:	Poverty in fifth- and fourth-century BCE Athens was a markedly different concept to that with which we are familiar today. Reflecting contemporary ideas about labour, leisure, and good citizenship, the 'poor' were considered to be not only those who were destitute, or those who were living at the borders of subsistence, but also those who were moderately well-off but had to work for a living. Defined in this way, this group covered around 99 per cent of the population of Athens. This conception of 'penia' (poverty) was also ideologically charged: the poor were contrasted with the rich and found, for the most part, to be both materially and morally deficient. 0'Poverty, Wealth, and Well-Being' sets out to rethink what it meant to be poor in a world where this was understood as the need to work for a living, exploring the discourses that constructed poverty as something to fear and linking them with experiences of 'penia' among different social groups in Athens.

Table of Contents:

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
1. Poverty and Penia: Approaching the Lives of the Poor in the Ancient World
2. Poverty and Poverty Discourses
3. Poverty and the Distribution of Income and Wealth
4. Experiencing Penia: The Dynamics of Poverty
5. Experiencing Penia: The Reproduction of Poverty and the Consolidation of Wealth
6. Appearing without Shame: Well-Being, Capabilities, and Standards of Living
7. Poverty, Inequality, and Well-Being in Fourth-Century Athens
Appendix 1. Testing the Models of Ober and Kron
Appendix 2. Measuring Poverty
Bibliography
Index Locorum
Index

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