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Walter Scheidel is the Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Classics and History, and Kennedy-Grossman Fellow in Human Biology at Stanford University, California. He is the author or editor of fifteen books on the ancient world, including The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Economy (Cambridge, 2012). His work, which has focused on ancient social and economic history, historical demography, and the history of empire, has been widely recognized for its innovative quantitative and comparative modelling, cross-cultural scope, and transdisciplinary breadth across the social sciences and life sciences.
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Téléchargez le livre :  Une histoire des inégalités
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Une histoire des inégalités

Walter Scheidel


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2021-01-27

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C’est une fresque immense que l’historien Walter Scheidel a brossée : sur des milliers d’années et au sein des sociétés les plus diverses, il met au jour les processus qui ont fait reculer les inégalités économiques. Nous y découvrons, de manière...

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Télécharger le livre :  The Oxford World History of Empire
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This is the first world history of empire, reaching from the third millennium BCE to the present. By combining synthetic surveys, thematic comparative essays, and numerous chapters on specific empires, its two volumes provide unparalleled coverage of imperialism...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2020-12-02

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Télécharger le livre :  The Oxford World History of Empire
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This is the first world history of empire, reaching from the third millennium BCE to the present. By combining synthetic surveys, thematic comparative essays, and numerous chapters on specific empires, its two volumes provide unparalleled coverage of imperialism...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2020-12-02

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Télécharger le livre :  On Human Bondage
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On Human Bondage—a critical reexamination of Orlando Patterson’s groundbreaking Slavery and Social Death—assesses how his theories have stood the test of time and applies them to new case studies. Discusses the novel ideas of social death and natal alienation, as...

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell
Parution : 2016-12-12
Collection : Ancient World: Comparative Histories
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Télécharger le livre :  State Power in Ancient China and Rome
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Two thousand years ago, the Qin/Han and Roman empires were the largest political entities of the ancient world, developing simultaneously yet independently at opposite ends of Eurasia. Although their territories constituted only a small percentage of the global land...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2014-12-01

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Télécharger le livre :  The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean
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The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean offers a comprehensive survey of ancient state formation in western Eurasia and North Africa. Eighteen experts introduce readers to a wide variety of systems spanning 4,000 years, from the...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2013-01-09

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Télécharger le livre :  Rome and China
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Transcending ethnic, linguistic, and religious boundaries, early empires shaped thousands of years of world history. Yet despite the global prominence of empire, individual cases are often studied in isolation. This series seeks to change the terms of the debate by...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2009-02-05

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Télécharger le livre :  The Dynamics of Ancient Empires
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The world's first known empires took shape in Mesopotamia between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf, beginning around 2350 BCE.The next 2,500 years witnessed sustained imperial growth, bringing a growing share of humanity under the control...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2009-01-13

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