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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Roman retail revolution
    sub title: the socio-economic world of the taberna
  name:
    name part: Ellis, Steven J. R.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2018
    edition: First edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xix, 298 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 23 cm
  abstract: Tabernae' were ubiquitous in all Roman cities, lining the busiest streets and dominating their most crowded intersections in numbers far exceeding those of any other form of building. That they played a vital role in the operation of the city, and indeed in the very definition of urbanization in ancient Rome, is a point too often under-appreciated in Roman studies, and one which bears fruitful further exploration. 00'The Roman Retail Revolution' offers a thorough investigation into the social and economic worlds of the Roman shop, focusing on food and drink outlets in particular. Combining critical analysis of both archaeological material and textual sources, it challenges many of the conventional ideas about the place of retailing in the Roman city and unravels the historical development of tabernae to identify three major waves or revolutions in the shaping of retail landscapes. The volume is underpinned by two new and important bodies of evidence: the first generated from the University of Cincinnati's recent archaeological excavations into a Pompeian neighborhood of close to twenty shop-fronts, and the second resulting from a field-survey of the retail landscapes of more than a hundred cities from across the Roman world. The richness of this information, combined with the volume's interdisciplinary approach to the lives of the Roman sub-elite, results in a refreshingly original look at the history of retailing and urbanism in the Roman world.
  table of contents: 1: An introduction to Roman retailing -- The archaeology of Roman retail outlets: the structure and shape of shops and bars -- Roman retail landscapes: investment, profit, and place -- The first retail revolution: The rise of retail in the second century BCE -- The second retail revolution: the rise of retail specialization (from shops to bars) -- The third retail revolution: the rise of retail homogenization -- The role of retail in the Roman city.
  note: Steven J.R. Ellis.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-287) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: e-it---
  subject:
    geographic: Pompeii (Extinct city)
    topic: Social life and customs
  subject:
    topic: Restaurants
    geographic: Italy
    geographic: Pompeii (Extinct city)
  subject:
    topic: Bars (Drinking establishments)
    geographic: Italy
    geographic: Pompeii (Extinct city)
  subject:
    topic: Retail trade
    geographic: Italy
    geographic: Pompeii (Extinct city)
  subject:
    topic: Excavations (Archaeology)
    geographic: Italy
    geographic: Pompeii (Extinct city)
  subject:
    geographic: Pompeii
  classification: DG70.P7 E55 2018
  classification: 307.760937
  identifier: 0198769938
  identifier: 9780198769934
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 170725
    record change date: 20180711100144.0
    record identifier: in00004006652
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng