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A Cultural History of Shopping in Antiquity / edited by Mary Harlow and Ray Laurence.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cultural histories series.
- Cultural Histories Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Retail trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2022]
- Summary:
- Covering the period from 500 BCE to 500 CE, this is the first book to address the cultural history of shoppers and shopping in antiquity.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Halftitle page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
- SERIES PREFACE
- Introduction Shops and Shopping in Antiquity MARY HARLOW AND RAY LAURENCE
- CAVEAT EMPTOR - THE NATURE OF THE EVIDENCE
- COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL SPACE IN ANCIENT CITIES
- SHOPS, REVENUE, AND THE GREEK CITY
- THE ORIGINS OF SHOPS IN ANCIENT ROME
- SHOPS AND URBANISM
- SHOPS AND THE GOVERNMENT OF AN EMPIRE
- THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF RETAIL SHOPS IN ANTIQUITY
- SHOPS AND THE DECLINE OF ANTIQUITY?
- CHAPTER ONE Practices and Processes MARY HARLOW
- ANCIENT ATHENS
- ROME
- CONCLUSION
- CHAPTER TWO Spaces and Places MIKO FLOHR
- TEMPORARY FORMS OF RETAIL
- PERMANENT SHOPPING FACILITIES
- DESIGNING DISPLAY
- COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPES
- URBAN CASE STUDIES
- EVERYDAY SHOPPING BEYOND THE CITY WALLS
- CHAPTER THREE Shoppers and Identities CAMERON HAWKINS
- SHOPPERS AND IDENTITIES IN CLASSICAL ATHENS
- SHOPPERS AND IDENTITIES IN LATE REPUBLICAN AND EARLY IMPERIAL ROME
- CONCLUDING REMARKS
- CHAPTER FOUR Luxury and Everyday JO STONER
- GRAECO-ROMAN LUXURY
- SHOPPING FOR LUXURY GOODS
- LUXURY PRODUCTS AND SOCIAL DIFFUSION
- SHOPPING FOR NECESSITIES
- THE RATIONAL CONSUMER
- IMPULSE PURCHASES
- CHAPTER FIVE Home and Family RAY LAURENCE
- DEFINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SHOPPING AND AN ANCIENT HOME
- SHOPPING FOR A HOME
- SHOPPING AND THE MAKING OF A HOME IN POMPEII
- SHOPPING FOR PERISHABLES: FROM THE MACELLUM TO THE HOME
- PURCHASING HEALTHCARE AND MEDICINES
- DID CHILDREN SHOP?
- FREED SLAVES GO SHOPPING TO CURATE THEIR NEW HOMES
- THE HOME AS A PLACE OF SHOPPING
- CHAPTER SIX Visual and Literary Representations LENA LARSSON LOVÉN
- SHOPPING FOR FOOD AND DRINK
- SHOPPING FOR CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS.
- GENDER, STATUS AND SHOPPING IN ANTIQUITY
- CONCLUSIONS: SHOPPING IN TEXTS AND IMAGES
- CHAPTER SEVEN Reputation, Trust and Credit CLAIRE HOLLERAN1
- REPUTATION, TRUST, AND BRANDING
- SALES CREDIT
- CHAPTER EIGHT Governance, Regulation and the State SARAH E. BOND
- THE GREEK MAGISTRATES OF THE ANCIENT MARKETPLACE
- IDEALS OF EQUALITY IN WEIGHTS, MEASURES AND GREEK LAW
- THE ROMAN MAGISTRATES OF THE ANCIENT MARKETPLACE
- ROMAN SUMPTUARY LEGISLATION AND THE MORAL IMPLICATIONS OF SHOPPING
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-350-29325-3
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