Project Gutenberg 2024-08-09 Public domain in the USA. 275 Heitland, William Emerton 1847 1935 Heitland, W. E. (William Emerton) agr22000079 Agricola : $b A study of agriculture and rustic life in the Greco-Roman world from the point of view of labour $aCambridge :$bUniversity Press, $c1921. Lisa Corcoran, Tim Lindell, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Agricola: A Study of Agriculture and Rustic Life in the Greco-Roman World" by W. E. Heitland is a scholarly historical account written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the complexities of agricultural practices and rural life during the Greco-Roman period, exploring the perspectives of laborers and the socio-economic conditions that shaped their existence. Heitland's exploration is relevant not only for understanding agriculture but also for its implications on social structure, power dynamics, and civic virtue in antiquity. The opening of "Agricola" establishes the author's aim to address significant historical questions concerning labor conditions and agricultural practices in the Greco-Roman world. He highlights the importance of agriculture as a cornerstone of civilization and examines the nuanced distinctions between free labor and slave labor, emphasizing their impact on economic and social frameworks. Heitland critiques the inadequacies of classical records in documenting labor experiences while positioning his work as an essential inquiry into the realities of rustic life, particularly from the perspective of those who toiled to sustain their communities amidst the changing tides of civilization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/agricolastudyofa00heituoft 20200817115122heitland 1921 UK Reading ease score: 66.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Slavery Agricultural laborers -- Greece Agricultural laborers -- Italy Greece -- Rural conditions Italy -- Rural conditions HD Text Category: History - Ancient Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming 2387895 2025-06-29T09:41:33.895470 text/html 2187844 2024-08-09T17:37:03 text/html 978245 2025-06-29T09:42:12.461747 application/epub+zip 1005748 2025-06-29T09:41:41.510880 application/epub+zip 847157 2025-06-29T09:41:37.528443 application/epub+zip 1953147 2025-06-29T09:42:32.598682 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1767176 2025-06-29T09:42:08.151769 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1538756 2025-06-29T09:41:26.297497 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1518773 2024-08-09T17:37:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17086 2025-06-29T09:42:32.861652 application/rdf+xml 10188 2025-06-29T09:41:38.239437 image/jpeg 1869 2025-06-29T09:41:37.888420 image/jpeg 984929 2025-06-29T09:41:34.054406 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia