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Trade and taboo : disreputable professions in the Roman Mediterranean / Sarah E. Bond.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bond, Sarah E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Professions--Rome--History.
- Professions.
- Occupations--Rome--History.
- Occupations.
- Social status--Rome--History.
- Social status.
- Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- History.
- Rome--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction: Roman pride and prejudices
- Quamvis indignus: criers, status, and soundscapes
- Touch, pollution, and the mortuary trades in the Roman Mediterranean
- Scent and sensibilities: tanners in the ancient Mediterranean
- Currency and control: legal disrepute and associations of mint workers
- Catering to pleasure: sensual trades in the later Roman Empire
- Conclusion: inheriting the prejudices of Rome.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-310) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472130085
- 9780472122257
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.8224993
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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