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The economy and society of Pompeii / Willem Jongman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jongman, Willem, author.
- Series:
- Dutch monographs on ancient history and archaeology ; Volume 4.
- Dutch Monographs on Ancient History and Archaeology Series ; Volume 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pompeii (Extinct city)--Economic conditions.
- Pompeii (Extinct city).
- Pompeii (Extinct city)--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (448 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : J.C. Gieben, 1991.
- Contents:
- Intro
- THEECONOMY AND SOCIETY OF POMPEII
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF TABLES
- LIST OF FIGURES
- LIST OF PLATES
- PREFACE
- I QUESTIONS AND RULES
- The ambiguity of development
- The ancient economy: Finley and his critics
- Economics, anthropology, and the ancient economy
- The comparative historical perspective
- Why Pompeii?
- A prospect of the argument
- PART ONE: ECONOMY
- II INTRODUCING THE PROBLEM
- Population: the mouths to feed
- Production: agricultural
- Population and production, a theoretical approach
- lntensification and urbanism
- III AGRICULTURE
- The liquid meal?
- Geography and literary descriptions
- population
- The archaeology of the villas
- Survey theory and distribution praxis
- Amphorae and wine growing
- Wine growers and villa owners
- Aggregate supply and demand
- Deduction as an alternative tactic: location theory
- A comparison with early modern Campania
- IV URBAN MANUFACTURING, THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY
- Why textiles?
- The supply of raw material
- Scale: spinning and weaving
- Scale: dyeing, feltmaking and fulling
- The fullers as entrepreneurs?
- Social status and political involvement
- A guildhall?
- Conclusion and a digression
- V EPILOGUE
- Elite income and expenditure: a flow model of the Italian economy?
- Conclusion
- PART TWO: SOCIETY
- VI THE DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY
- An introduction to the questions
- An introduction to the data
- Some economic observations
- Some social aspects
- Handling the sources
- The construction of prestige rankings
- Wealth
- Personal legal status
- Political office-holding
- Correlating indices of status
- Prestige and political office
- Legal status and prestige
- Prestige and wealth
- Political office and legal status
- Wealth and legal status
- Wealth and political office.
- Combining the correlations: a model
- The position of our data within Pompeian society
- VII POWER AND OBLIGATION
- 'Politics'
- Pompeian democracy?
- The language of obligation
- Support from the many
- Support from the few
- APPENDICES
- Appendix I: Contradictions in prestige ratings
- Appendix II: lucundus' witnesses
- Appendix III: The houses of some witnesses
- Appendix IV: How many witnesses?
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- PLATES.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Jongman, Willem The Economy and Society of Pompeii
- ISBN:
- 9789004526587
- OCLC:
- 1369682753
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