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100 1 _aHeitland, William Emerton,
_d1847-1935
245 1 0 _aAgricola
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2024-08-09
508 _aLisa Corcoran, Tim Lindell, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
520 _a"Agricola: A Study of Agriculture and Rustic Life in the Greco-Roman World" by W. E. Heitland is a scholarly historical account written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the complexities of agricultural practices and rural life during the Greco-Roman period, exploring the perspectives of laborers and the socio-economic conditions that shaped their existence. Heitland's exploration is relevant not only for understanding agriculture but also for its implications on social structure, power dynamics, and civic virtue in antiquity. The opening of "Agricola" establishes the author's aim to address significant historical questions concerning labor conditions and agricultural practices in the Greco-Roman world. He highlights the importance of agriculture as a cornerstone of civilization and examines the nuanced distinctions between free labor and slave labor, emphasizing their impact on economic and social frameworks. Heitland critiques the inadequacies of classical records in documenting labor experiences while positioning his work as an essential inquiry into the realities of rustic life, particularly from the perspective of those who toiled to sustain their communities amidst the changing tides of civilization. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cCambridge: University Press, 1921
653 _aSlavery
653 _aAgricultural laborers -- Greece
653 _aAgricultural laborers -- Italy
653 _aGreece -- Rural conditions
653 _aItaly -- Rural conditions
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/agricolastudyofa00heituoft
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74220
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