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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... clients as primary contractors or as subcontractors, and who thus made decisions about organizational issues or labor management. Freeborn, freed, and slave artisans could all belong to this category, but in practice much of our ...
... clients as primary contractors or as subcontractors, and who thus made decisions about organizational issues or labor management. Freeborn, freed, and slave artisans could all belong to this category, but in practice much of our ...
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... clients, who commissioned substantial amounts of goods on a bespoke basis, whereas in others it was a product of inter-annual harvest variability, which altered the purchasing power of consumers from one year to the next. I also stress ...
... clients, who commissioned substantial amounts of goods on a bespoke basis, whereas in others it was a product of inter-annual harvest variability, which altered the purchasing power of consumers from one year to the next. I also stress ...
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... clients in urban marketplaces in Asia Minor, Greece, and Italy.1 More importantly, Artemidorus believed strongly that professional diviners could make sense of a client's dream only by taking into account the dreamer's personal ...
... clients in urban marketplaces in Asia Minor, Greece, and Italy.1 More importantly, Artemidorus believed strongly that professional diviners could make sense of a client's dream only by taking into account the dreamer's personal ...
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... clients but also that the volume of such business could seem frighteningly erratic and unpredictable. On a very basic level, Artemidorus' interpretations reflect artisans' concerns over the availability of work simply by signifying ...
... clients but also that the volume of such business could seem frighteningly erratic and unpredictable. On a very basic level, Artemidorus' interpretations reflect artisans' concerns over the availability of work simply by signifying ...
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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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