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M. I. Finley (1912–86) was the most famous ancient historian of his generation. He was admired by his peers, and was Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of the British Academy. His unmistakable voice was familiar to tens of thousands of radio listeners, his polemical reviews and other journalism were found all over the broadsheets and weeklies, and his scholarly as well as his popular works sold in very large numbers as Penguin paperbacks. Yet this was also a man dismissed from his job at Rutgers University when he refused to answer the question of whether he was or had ever been a member of the Communist Party. This pioneering volume assesses Finley's achievements and analyses the nature of the impact of this charismatic individual and the means by which he changed the world of ancient history.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Series information
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Table of contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction: Finley’s Impact – a Balance Sheet
- Chapter 2 The Making of Moses Finley
- Chapter 3 The Impact of Studies in Land and Credit
- Chapter 4 Finley’s Impact on Homer
- Chapter 5 Finley’s Slavery
- Chapter 6 Finley and Sicily
- Chapter 7 Finley and the Teaching of Ancient History
- Chapter 8 Finley’s Journalism
- Chapter 9 Finley and the University of Cambridge
- Chapter 10 Finley and Other Scholars: The Case of Finley and Momigliano
- Chapter 11 Finley’s Democracy: A Study in Reception (and Non-Reception)
- Chapter 12 Finley and the Ancient Economy
- Chapter 13 Finley and Archaeology
- Chapter 14 Finley’s Impact on the Continent
- Chapter 15 Measuring Finley’s Impact
- Bibliography
- Index