Peasant and Empire in Christian North Africa

Zusatztext "An important contribution to a long-running debate." Informationen zum Autor Leslie Dossey is Associate Professor of History at Loyola University of Chicago. Klappentext This remarkable history foregrounds the most marginal sector of the Roman population! the provincial peasantry! to paint a fascinating new picture of peasant society. Making use of detailed archaeological and textual evidence! Leslie Dossey examines the peasantry in relation to the upper classes in Christian North Africa! tracing that region's social and cultural history from the Punic times to the eve of the Islamic conquest. She demonstrates that during the period when Christianity was spreading to both city and countryside in North Africa! a convergence of economic interests narrowed the gap between the "rustici" and the "urbani!" creating a consumer revolution of sorts among the peasants. This book's postcolonial perspective points to the empowerment of the North African peasants and gives voice to lower social classes across the Roman world. Zusammenfassung Deals with the marginal sector of the Roman population, the provincial peasantry, to paint a fresh picture of peasant society. This title examines the peasantry in relation to the upper classes in Christian North Africa, tracing that region's social and cultural history from the Punic times to the eve of the Islamic conquest.

Product details

• Authors: Leslie Dossey
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.10.2010
• EAN: 9780520254398
• ISBN: 978-0-520-25439-8
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Transformation of the Classica; Transformation of the Classical Heritage
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient History, North Africa, Ancient history: to c 500 CE