{"product_id":"works-and-days-a-translation-and-commentary-for-the-social-sciences-9780520203846","title":"Works and Days: A Translation and Commentary for the Social Sciences","description":"This new, annotated translation of Hesiod's \u003ci\u003eWorks and Days\u003c\/i\u003e is a collaboration between David W. Tandy, a classicist, and Walter Neale, an economist and economic historian. Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet whose \u003ci\u003eWorks and Days\u003c\/i\u003e discusses agricultural practices and society in general. Classicists and ancient historians have turned to \u003ci\u003eWorks and Days\u003c\/i\u003e for its insights on Greek mythology and religion. The poem also sheds light on economic history and ancient agriculture, and is a good resource for social scientists interested in these areas. This translation emphasizes the activities and problems of a practicing agriculturist as well as the larger, changing political and economic institutions of the early archaic period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe authors provide a clear, accurate translation along with notes aimed at a broad audience. The introductory essay discusses the changing economic, political and trading world of the eighth and seventh centuries B.C.E., while the notes present the range and possible meanings of important Greek terms and references in the poem and highlight areas of ambiguity in our understanding of \u003ci\u003eWorks and Days\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid W. Tandy\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eFrom Political Economy to Anthropology: Situating Economic Life in Past Societies\u003c\/i\u003e (1994). \u003cb\u003eWalter C. Neale\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and author of \u003ci\u003eDeveloping Rural India: Policies, Politics, and Progress\u003c\/i\u003e (1990).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51175037862162,"sku":"9780520203846","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7608f3d6-7b61-4de4-b596-b78408b702cc.jpg?v=1744282462","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/works-and-days-a-translation-and-commentary-for-the-social-sciences-9780520203846","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}