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Urban craftsmen and traders in the Roman world /

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This volume, featuring sixteen contributions from leading Roman historians and archaeologists, sheds new light on approaches to the economic history of urban craftsmen and traders in the Roman world, with a particular emphasis on the imperial period. Combining a wide range of research traditions fro...

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Other Authors: Wilson, Andrew, 1968- (Editor), Flohr, Miko (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford studies on the Roman economy.
Subjects:
Artisans > Rome.
Industries > Rome.
Rome > Commerce.
Rome > Economic conditions.
Industrie > Rome.
Rome > Conditions économiques.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
Artisans
Commerce
Economic history
Industries
Rome (Empire)
Industry.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Approaches :
  • Roman craftsmen and traders : towards an intellectual history
  • Twentieth century Italian research on craftsmen, traders, and their professional organizations in the Roman world / Carla Salvaterra, Alessandro Cristofori
  • The archaeology of ancient urban workshops : a French approach / Jean-Pierre Brun
  • Part II. Strategies
  • Mercantile specialization and trading communities : economic strategies in Roman maritime trade / Candace Rice
  • Driving forces for specialization : market, location factors, productivity improvements / Kai Ruffing
  • Fashionable footwear : craftsmen and consumers in the north-west provinces of the Roman empire / Carol van Driel-Murray
  • Contextualizing the operational sequence : Pompeian bakeries as a case study / Nicolas Monteix
  • Part III. People :
  • Disciplina, patrocinium, nomen : the benefits of apprenticeship in the Roman world / Christel Freu
  • Women, trade, and production in the urban centres of Roman italy / Lena Larsson Lovén
  • Freedmen and agency in Roman business / Wim Broekaert
  • The social organization of commerce and crafts in ancient Arles : heterogeneity, hierarchy, and patronage / Nicolas Tran
  • Hierapolis and its professional associations : a comparative analysis / Ilias Arnaoutoglou
  • Part IV. Space :
  • Working together : clusters of artisans in the Roman city / Penelope Goodman
  • Spatial concentration and dispersal of Roman textile crafts / Kerstin Dross-Krüpe
  • Industry and commerce in the city of Aquincum / Orsolya Láng
  • The potters of ancient Sagalassos revisited / Jeroen Poblome.