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Escape from Rome: The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity

byWalter Scheidel

Walter Scheidel uses Escape from Rome to investigate the Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity through a carefully framed historical account. Moving between close detail and context, the book explains the forces surrounding its subject and connects them to the wider field of history. Rather than isolating its subject, the book shows how private experience and public systems continually influenced one another. What emerges is a nuanced account of the subject, its immediate consequences, and its wider meaning.

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Publication date

2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

680

ISBN

9780691172187