Roman Artisans and the Urban EconomyCambridge University Press, 19 lug 2016 This book offers the first comprehensive study of economic conditions and economic life in Roman cities during the late Republic and early Empire. By employing a sophisticated methodology based upon comparative evidence and contemporary economic theory, the author develops interlocking arguments about the relationship between four key attributes of urban economic life in Roman antiquity: the nature and magnitude of consumer demand; the structure of urban labour markets; the strategies devised by urban artisans in their efforts to navigate their social and economic environments; and the factors that served to limit both the overall performance of the Roman economy, and its potential for intensive growth. While the author's methodology and conclusions will be of particular interest to specialists in economic history, other readers will profit from his discussion of topics such as slavery and manumission, the economic significance of professional associations, and the impact of gender on economic behaviour. |
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Cameron Hawkins. ROMAN. ARTISANS. AND. THE. URBAN. ECONOMY. This book offers the first comprehensive study of economic conditions and economic life in Roman cities during the late Republic and early Empire. By employing a sophisticated ...
Cameron Hawkins. ROMAN. ARTISANS. AND. THE. URBAN. ECONOMY. This book offers the first comprehensive study of economic conditions and economic life in Roman cities during the late Republic and early Empire. By employing a sophisticated ...
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... representative examples of our direct evidence concerning the experiences and fortunes of the artisans who lived and worked in the cities of the Roman world during the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire. They communicate vital ...
... representative examples of our direct evidence concerning the experiences and fortunes of the artisans who lived and worked in the cities of the Roman world during the late Roman Republic and early Roman Empire. They communicate vital ...
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... Republic and early Empire. Those strategies point to subtle but important contrasts between the world of antiquity ... early modern Europe but also that the Roman economy was unlikely to have experienced ongoing growth during the first ...
... Republic and early Empire. Those strategies point to subtle but important contrasts between the world of antiquity ... early modern Europe but also that the Roman economy was unlikely to have experienced ongoing growth during the first ...
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... late Republic and early Empire. At issue are three key points with a profound bearing on how we conceptualize standards of living in antiquity: (1) how the per capita output of the economy measured up to the outputs of other ...
... late Republic and early Empire. At issue are three key points with a profound bearing on how we conceptualize standards of living in antiquity: (1) how the per capita output of the economy measured up to the outputs of other ...
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... late Republic or early Empire (but cf. Wilson 2009 for a criticism of this position); Jongman 2007: 611–15 believes that per capita growth continued into the second century CE. 28 On these various different time-series, see Jongman 2007 ...
... late Republic or early Empire (but cf. Wilson 2009 for a criticism of this position); Jongman 2007: 611–15 believes that per capita growth continued into the second century CE. 28 On these various different time-series, see Jongman 2007 ...
Sommario
Specialization associations and the organization | 66 |
Manumission and the urban labor market | 130 |
The artisan household and the Roman economy | 192 |
Epilogue | 268 |
Index | 299 |
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