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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... early modern Europe during an ESF-sponsored conference in Oxford, Urban Economic Life in Europe and the Mediterranean from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period, organized by Miko Flohr and Andrew Wilson. Finally, I learned much about ...
... early modern Europe during an ESF-sponsored conference in Oxford, Urban Economic Life in Europe and the Mediterranean from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period, organized by Miko Flohr and Andrew Wilson. Finally, I learned much about ...
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... early modern Europe but also that the Roman economy was unlikely to have experienced ongoing growth during the first and second centuries CE. By making these arguments, I contribute to current scholarship on. 12 Knapp 2011. 13 Good ...
... early modern Europe but also that the Roman economy was unlikely to have experienced ongoing growth during the first and second centuries CE. By making these arguments, I contribute to current scholarship on. 12 Knapp 2011. 13 Good ...
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... Europe during the late phase of its early modern period, the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. These studies match the criteria articulated above in important respects. One key consideration is that documentary evidence pertaining ...
... Europe during the late phase of its early modern period, the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. These studies match the criteria articulated above in important respects. One key consideration is that documentary evidence pertaining ...
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... early modern Europe tailored their business strategies to suit an economy that remained deeply affected by seasonality and uncertainty in spite of the relatively high level of market integration it had reached by the end of the period ...
... early modern Europe tailored their business strategies to suit an economy that remained deeply affected by seasonality and uncertainty in spite of the relatively high level of market integration it had reached by the end of the period ...
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... early modern period and which generated high transaction costs for artisans who sought to control labor costs by ... early modern Europe and that opportunities for the kind of intensive growth explored by de Vries in the context of the ...
... early modern period and which generated high transaction costs for artisans who sought to control labor costs by ... early modern Europe and that opportunities for the kind of intensive growth explored by de Vries in the context of the ...
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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