Globalisation and the Roman World

Herausgeber: Pitts, Martin; Versluys, Miguel John

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book applies modern theories of globalisation to the ancient Roman world, creating new understandings of Roman archaeology and history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 601g
• ISBN-13: 9781107043749
• ISBN-10: 1107043743
• Artikelnr.: 40911697

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introductions: 1. Globalisations and the Roman world: perspectives
and opportunities Martin Pitts and Miguel John Versluys; 2. Postcolonial
and global Rome: the genealogy of empire Richard Hingley; Part II. Case
Studies: 3. Globalisation and the Roman economy Neville Morley; 4.
Globalisation, circulation and mass consumption in the Roman world Martin
Pitts; 5. The global and the local in the Roman Empire: connectivity and
mobility from an urban perspective Ray Laurence and Francesco Trifilò; 6.
Polybius' global moment and human mobility throughout ancient Italy Elena
Isayev; 7. Roman visual material culture as globalising koine Miguel John
Versluys; 8. Oikoymenh: longue durée perspectives on ancient Mediterranean
globality Michael Sommer; 9. Globalisation and Roman cultural heritage Rob
Witcher; Part III. Perspectives: 10. Ancient Rome and globalisation:
decentering Rome Jan Nederveen Pieterse; 11. Global, local and in between:
connectivity and the Mediterranean Tamar Hodos.