Roman Artisans and the Urban Economy

Informationen zum Autor Cameron Hawkins is Assistant Professor of History at Queensborough Community College, New York. Klappentext Vividly reconstructs economic conditions in ancient Roman cities and the socio-economic strategies of artisans who lived in them. Zusammenfassung This book offers the first comprehensive study of economic conditions and economic life in Roman cities during the late Republic and early Empire. Inspired by comparative historical evidence and contemporary economic theory! it explores the performance of the Roman economy and the economic importance of key institutions like slavery! manumission! reputation and gender. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Seasonality, uncertainty, and consumer demand in an ancient city; 2. Specialisation, associations, and the organisation of production; 3. Manumission and the urban labour market; 4. The artisan household and the Roman economy.

Product details

• Authors: Cameron Hawkins, Hawkins Cameron
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781107115446
• ISBN: 978-1-107-11544-6
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Economic history, Ancient Rome, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory