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Zusatztext A most interesting, detailed, clear and thought-provoking collection of essays, emphasising in particular the distinction between elite ideology (‘all manual work is below proper men’) and the real world of proper men and women. Informationen zum Autor Ephraim Lytle is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Toronto, Canada. His research focuses primarily on the social and economic history of the ancient Mediterranean. Klappentext Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities The world of work saw marked developments over the course of antiquity. These were driven by social and economic changes, especially growth in market trade and related phenomena like urbanization and specialization. Although the self-sufficient agrarian household continued to prevail, economic realities everywhere intervened. Corresponding changes include the emergence of archaeologically distinct workplaces and even, in certain times and places, preindustrial factories. A diversity of workplace cultures often defied dominant gender and other social norms. Across an increasingly connected Mediterranean world, work contributed to and was in turn structured by mobility. Other striking developments included the emergence of state-sponsored leisure activities that offered respite from toil for all social classes. Through an exploration of these and other themes, this volume offers a reappraisal of ancient work and its relationship to Greek and Roman culture. A Cultural History of Work in Antiquity presents an overview of the period with essays on economies, representations of work, workplaces, work cultures, technology, mobility, society, politics and leisure. Zusammenfassung Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities The world of work saw marked developments over the course of antiquity. These were driven by social and economic changes, especially growth in market trade and related phenomena like urbanization and specialization. Although the self-sufficient agrarian household continued to prevail, economic realities everywhere intervened. Corresponding changes include the emergence of archaeologically distinct workplaces and even, in certain times and places, preindustrial factories. A diversity of workplace cultures often defied dominant gender and other social norms. Across an increasingly connected Mediterranean world, work contributed to and was in turn structured by mobility. Other striking developments included the emergence of state-sponsored leisure activities that offered respite from toil for all social classes. Through an exploration of these and other themes, this volume offers a reappraisal of ancient work and its relationship to Greek and Roman culture. A Cultural History of Work in Antiquity presents an overview of the period with essays on economies, representations of work, workplaces, work cultures, technology, mobility, society, politics and leisure. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures General Editors' Preface Contributor Notes Introduction - Ephraim Lytle (University of Toronto, Canada) 1. The Economy of Work - Seth Bernard (University of Toronto, Canada) 2. Picturing Work - Philip Sapirstein (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA) 3. Work and Workplaces - Miko Flohr (Leiden University, Netherlands) 4. Workplace Cultures - Koenraad Verboven (Ghent University, Belgium) 5. Work, Skill, and Technology - Philip Sapirstein (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA) 6. Work and Mobility - Ben Akrigg (University of Toronto, Canada) 7. Work and Society - Sarah E. Bond (University of Iowa, USA) 8. The Political Culture of Work - Alain Bresson (University of Chicago, USA) 9. Work and Leisure - Zinon Papakonstantinou (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) Notes Further Readings Index ...
