Main entry:

Schiavone, Aldo.

Title & Author:

The end of the past : ancient Rome and the modern West / Aldo Schiavone ; translated by Margery J. Schneider.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2000.

Description:

viii, 278 pages ; 24 cm

Series:

Revealing Antiquity ; 13

Notes:
Translation of: La storia spezzata.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-267) and index.
Golden age -- Why not then? -- Hidden form -- Optical effects -- Rhythms of the economy -- Dual equilibria -- Roman miracle and imperial rationality -- Nobles and merchants -- Slaves, nature, machines -- Ancient and modern work: three philosophers -- blind alley between economics and politics -- How history works.
Translated from the Italian.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

This searching interpretation of past and present addresses fundamental questions about the fall of the Roman Empire. Why did ancient culture, once so strong and rich, come to an end? Was it destroyed by weaknesses inherent in its nature? Or were mistakes made that could have been avoided-was there a point at which Greco-Roman society took a wrong turn? And in what ways is modern society different? Schiavone's lively and provocative examination of the ancient world, "the eternal theater of history and power," offers a stimulating opportunity to view modern society in light of the experience of antiquity.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0674000625 (alk. paper)
9780674000629 (alk. paper)
0674009835
9780674009837

Subject:

Europa
Civilization, Western Roman influences.
Civilisation occidentale Influence romaine.
Economics
Geschichte
Geschichtsbild
Rezeption
Romeinse oudheid.
Verval (geschiedenis)
Het Westen.
Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
Europe History 476-1492 Economic aspects.
Rome Histoire 30 av. J.-C.-476 (Empire)
Europe Histoire 476-1492 Aspect économique.
Europe
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Europe, Western History 476-1492 Economic aspects.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Revealing antiquity ; 13.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 221127
Call No.: DG311 .S3 2000
Status: Available