"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...

Introduction: approaching the imperial Roman economy -- Central aims of the book -- Who will read this? Target audiences -- Lingering questions about imperial Rome -- The many faces of Roman economic history -- From fine-grained to 'big picture': methods and treatment of the evidence -- The...

Nach Faktor 10 ("Wieviel Umwelt braucht der Mensch?", BA 6/97) und MIPS ("Das MIPS-Konzept", BA 7/98) hatte auch "Der ökologische Rucksack" (BA 9/04) den Ressourcenverbrauch bzw. die Ökoeffizienz von Materialien und Dienstleistungen zum Thema. Schmidt-Bleek, Prof. für Chemie und heute Leiter...