TY  - BOOK
AU  - Råajangurukkaòl,
TI  - Rethinking classical Indo-Roman trade: political economy of eastern Mediterranean exchange relations 
SN  - 9780199086382 (ebook) :
AV  - HF386 
U1  - 382.091824037 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Indian Ocean Region
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Rome
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Historiography
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - This volume is a rethinking of the classical eastern Mediterranean overseas exchange relations with the Indian sub-continent. Characterizing the nature of exchanges in detail against extant sources and theories, the book maintains that the expression, 'Indo-Roman trade' is a misnomer in historiography. It argues that the chieftains and merchants in the sub-continent had neither institutional nor technological means to indulge in contemporary overseas trade, a heavily document based enterprise. It was not necessary either
UR  - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199460854.001.0001
ER  -