Walter Scheidel is the Dickason Professor in the Humanities, Professor of Classics and History, and a Kennedy-Grossman Fellow in Human Biology at Stanford University. The author or editor of sixteen previous books, he has published widely on premodern social and economic history, demography, and comparative history. He lives in Palo Alto, California.
25 Ebooks de Walter Scheidel
Walter Scheidel: The Great Leveler
How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world history Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To …
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€19.99
Walter Scheidel: Escape from Rome
The gripping story of how the end of the Roman Empire was the beginning of the modern world The fall of the Roman Empire has long been considered one of the greatest disasters in history. But in this …
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€24.99
John Bodel & Walter Scheidel: On Human Bondage
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. …
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€88.99
John Bodel & Walter Scheidel: On Human Bondage
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. …
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€88.99
Walter Scheidel: The Science of Roman History
How the latest cutting-edge science offers a fuller picture of life in Rome and antiquity This groundbreaking book provides the first comprehensive look at how the latest advances in the sciences are …
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€29.99
Walter Scheidel: State Power in Ancient China and Rome
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 …
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€29.64
Peter Fibiger Bang & Walter Scheidel: Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean
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 re …
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€43.51
Ian Morris & Walter Scheidel: Dynamics of Ancient Empires
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 sustaine …
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€34.86
Walter Scheidel: Rome and China
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 …
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€35.29
Walter Scheidel: Rome and China
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 …
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€42.35
Ian Morris & Walter Scheidel: Dynamics of Ancient Empires
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 sustaine …
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€44.80
Sitta von Reden & Walter Scheidel: Ancient Economy
The Ancient Economy introduces readers to the nature of economic life in the ancient world, and provides a valuable guide to scholarly debates on the subject. The book describes and examines the econ …
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€51.18
Sitta von Reden & Walter Scheidel: Ancient Economy
The Ancient Economy introduces readers to the nature of economic life in the ancient world, and provides a valuable guide to scholarly debates on the subject. The book describes and examines the econ …
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€51.40
Andrew Monson & Walter Scheidel: Fiscal Regimes and the Political Economy of Premodern States
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€60.22
Andrew Monson & Walter Scheidel: Fiscal Regimes and the Political Economy of Premodern States
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€60.47
Peter Fibiger Bang & C. A. Bayly: Oxford World History of Empire
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 empire …
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€131.37
Peter Fibiger Bang & C. A. Bayly: Oxford World History of Empire
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 empire …
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€175.61
Peter Fibiger Bang & C. A. Bayly: Oxford World History of Empire
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 empire …
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€176.56
Peter Fibiger Bang & C. A. Bayly: Oxford World History of Empire
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 empire …
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€130.66
Walter Scheidel: Fuga dall’impero
La caduta dell’Impero romano è stata spesso considerata come la fine di uno dei più grandi e ineguagliabili modelli di civiltà che l’Europa abbia conosciuto. Molti, inoltre, hanno ritenuto che il cro …
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€19.99
Walter Scheidel: What Is Ancient History?
From one of today’s most innovative ancient historians, a provocative new vision of why ancient history matters—and why it needs to be told in a radically different, global way It’s easy to think tha …
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€31.99
Walter Scheidel: The Great Leveler
How only violence and catastrophes have consistently reduced inequality throughout world history Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic inequality? To …
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€20.99
Sitta von Reden & Walter Scheidel: Ancient Economy
Introducing students to current controversies over the nature of the ancient economy, this volume brings together twelve influential studies by leading experts in the field. In 1973, Moses Finley unv …
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€39.89
