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by Peter Garnsey · Cambridge University Press · tapa blanda · 303 pages
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Este libro es un estudio exhaustivo sobre la hambruna en la antigüedad, con un enfoque en las respuestas a los riesgos y crisis alimentarias. Se presentan estudios de caso detallados de Atenas y Roma, así como un análisis de la respuesta institucional a las crisis alimentarias en las ciudades del mundo mediterráneo. El libro explora el papel del suministro de alimentos en la configuración de las instituciones y prácticas de la sociedad antigua.
Peter David Arthur Garnsey, is a retired classicist and academic. Born in Australia, where he studied classics at the University of Sydney as a member of St Paul’s College, he has spent most of his career at Cambridge. He was a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1974 to 2006, and a professor of the history of classical antiquity at the University of Cambridge from 1997 to 2006. His area of research concerns the history of political theory, intellectual history, social and economic history, food, famine and nutrition, and physical anthropology.
