Book contents
- Oil, Wine, and the Cultural Economy of Ancient Greece
- Oil, Wine, and the Cultural Economy of Ancient Greece
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- One Introduction
- Two Developing a Relationship of Dependency
- Three Controlling the Relationship
- Four Maintaining the Relationship
- Five Rebuilding the Relationship
- Six Expanding the Relationship
- Seven Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
One - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 March 2021
Book contents
- Oil, Wine, and the Cultural Economy of Ancient Greece
- Oil, Wine, and the Cultural Economy of Ancient Greece
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- One Introduction
- Two Developing a Relationship of Dependency
- Three Controlling the Relationship
- Four Maintaining the Relationship
- Five Rebuilding the Relationship
- Six Expanding the Relationship
- Seven Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 1 introduces the main protagonists of the book, olive oil and wine, and discusses the book’s overarching theories and methods. These include the idea of cultural commodity, entanglement, value construction, and cultural economy. The introduction also includes a discussion of the role of climate change from the Bronze Age to the Archaic era and its effects on olives and grapes.
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- Oil, Wine, and the Cultural Economy of Ancient GreeceFrom the Bronze Age to the Archaic Era, pp. 1 - 45Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021