Format:
1 online resource (369 pages).
ISBN:
9789004331686
,
9789004331655
Series Statement:
Impact of Empire. Roman Empire, c. 200 B.C.-A.D. 476 Volume 23
Content:
Work, Labour, and Professions in the Roman World offers new insights, ideas and interpretations on the role of labour and human resources in the Roman economy. The book approaches labour not only as an economic phenomenon, but gives attention also to work as social and cultural phenomenon.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations of Ancient Sources -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 Work, Labour, Professions. What's in a Name? -- Chapter 2 Sorting Out Labour in the Roman Provinces: Some Reflections on Labour and Institutions in Asia Minor -- Chapter 3 Contracts, Coercion, and the Boundaries ofthe Roman Artisanal Firm -- Chapter 4 Workers in the Roman Imperial Building Industry -- Chapter 5 Getting a Job: Finding Work in the City of Rome -- Chapter 6 The Value of Labour: Diocletian's Prices Edict -- Chapter 7 Roman Workers and Their Workplaces: Some Archaeological Thoughts on the Organization of Workshop Labour in Ceramic Production -- Chapter 8 Constructing Occupational Identities in theRoman World -- Chapter 9 Guilds and the Organisation of Urban Populations During the Principate -- Chapter 10 Group Membership, Trust Networks, and SocialCapital: A Critical Analysis -- Chapter 11 Currency and Control: Mint Workers in the LaterRoman Empire -- Chapter 12 Ars and Doctrina: The Socioeconomic Identity of Roman Skilled Workers (First Century BC-Third Century AD) -- Chapter 13 Work, Identity and Self-Representation in the Roman Empire and the West-European Middle Ages: Different Interplays between the Social and the Cultural -- Bibliography -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Places and Geographical Names -- Index of Personal Names.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004331655
Additional Edition:
Work, labour, and professions in the Roman world Leiden : Brill, 2017 ISBN 9789004331655
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004331654
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
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