@article{446092,
      recid = {446092},
      author = {Monson, Andrew,},
      title = {From the Ptolemies to the Romans political and economic  change in Egypt / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Cambridge University Press,},
      address = {Cambridge ;},
      pages = {1 online resource (343 p.) :},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {"This book gives a structured account of Egypt's  transition from Ptolemaic to Roman rule by identifying key  relationships between ecology, land tenure, taxation,  administration and politics. It introduces theoretical  perspectives from the social sciences and subjects them to  empirical scrutiny using data from Greek and Demotic papyri  as well as comparative evidence. Although building on  recent scholarship, it offers some provocative arguments  that challenge prevailing views. For example, patterns of  land ownership are linked to population density and are  seen as one aspect of continuity between the Ptolemaic and  Roman period. Fiscal reform, by contrast, emerges as a  significant mechanism of change not only in the agrarian  economy but also in the administrative system and the whole  social structure. Anyone seeking to understand the impact  of Roman rule in the Hellenistic east must consider the  well-attested processes in Egypt that this book seeks to  explain"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/446092},
}