Labour specialization in the Athenian economy: Occupational hazards

David Lewis

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Labour specialization in the Athenian economy: Occupational hazards

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This chapter aims to establish a lower limit to the possible extent of horizontal specialization in the economy of classical Athens; in other words, the minimum plausible number of specialized jobs to do with production, exchange, and services. This exercise shows that even with a mindset sceptical to the idea of specialization, there cannot realistically have been fewer than 162 specialized full-time occupations in classical Attica. This demonstrates the complexity and dynamism of the classical Athenian economy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Skilled Labour and Professionalism in Ancient Greece and Rome
Editors	Edmund Stewart, Edward Harris, David Lewis
Place of Publication	Cambridge; New York
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Chapter	4
Pages	129-176
ISBN (Electronic)	9781108878135
ISBN (Print)	9781108839471
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108878135.005
Publication status	Published - 3 Sept 2020

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