Urban craftsmen and traders in the Roman world / edited by Andrew Wilson and Miko Flohr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wilson, Andrew, editor.

Flohr, Miko, editor.

Series:

Oxford studies on the Roman economy.

Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artisans--Rome.

Artisans.

Rome--Commerce.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (427 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This edited collection, featuring sixteen contributions from leading Roman historians and archaeologists, sheds new light on approaches to the economic history of urban craftsmen and traders in the Roman world.

Contents:

Cover ; Urban Craftsmen and Traders in the Roman World; Copyright; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; History of Research; Economic Strategies; Social Environment; Economic Life and the Urban Landscape; Craftsmen, Traders, and the Wider Debate; References; I: Approaches; 1: Roman Craftsmen and Traders: Towards an Intellectual History; Before the Mommsen Era; Building a Canon; From Rodbertus to Rostovtzeff; The Substantivist Decades; After Jones and Finley; From Economy to Society and Culture; Discussion; References

2: Twentieth-Century Italian Scholarship on Roman Craftsmen, Traders, and their Professional OrganizationsGeneral Approaches; Francesco Maria de Robertis; The Classical Seminar of the Istituto Gramsci; Evidence-Based Approaches; Professional Associations; Recent Years; References; 3: The Archaeology of Roman Urban Workshops: A French Approach?; Roman Urban Crafts in French Studies; Defining the `Artisan;́ The `Artifex ́Programme; Workshops at Pompeii and Herculaneum; Dyeing Plants; Perfumeries; Tanneries; Basket-making; Results; The Place of Artisanal Activities in Economic Life; Conclusion

References II: Strategies; 4: Mercantile Specialization and Trading Communities: Economic Strategies in Roman Maritime Trade; The Merchants; The Trading Process; Coordinating Trade; The Social Status of Businessmen; Conclusion; References; 5: Driving Forces for Specialization: Market, Location Factors, Productivity Improvements; Specialization; The Market; Increase of Productivity; Location Factors; Conclusion; References; 6: Fashionable Footwear: Craftsmen and Consumers in the North-West Provinces of the Roman Empire; Integration; Leather Production as an Alien Technology

Craftsmen and ProducersConsumerism; Consumers; Marketing; Mobility; Conclusion; References; 7: Contextualizing the Operational Sequence: Pompeian Bakeries as a Case Study; Reconstructing the Operational Sequence: From Grain to Bread; Milling; Kneading and Forming Loaves; Baking; The Operational Sequence in its Technical, Spatial, and Economical Context; Spatial Insertion and Path Standardization; Economic Investment; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; III: People; 8: Disciplina, patrocinium, nomen: The Benefits of Apprenticeship in the Roman World; Disciplina; Nomen; Patrocinium

Apprenticeship and Social AdvancementConclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 9: Women, Trade, and Production in Urban Centres of Roman Italy; Approaching the Working Lives of Women; Job Commemoration in the Imperial Household; Women in the Production and Trade of Luxury Goods; Women in the Production and Trade of Everyday Consumer Goods: The Case of Textiles; Male and Female Job Titles in the Same Line of Business; Womenś Work: Readings beyond Marginality; Discussion; References; 10: Freedmen and Agency in Roman Business; Status, Dependency, and Agency in Historical Research

Trade and the Roman Aristocracy: Tracing the Invisible

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-181110-6

0-19-106536-6