Peter Fibiger Bang

The Roman Bazaar

A Comparative Study of Trade and Markets in a Tributary Empire

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Produktbeschreibung

A 2008 study interrogating the assumption that economic conditions in the Roman Empire resembled those found in early modern Europe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 473g
• ISBN-13: 9780521300704
• ISBN-10: 0521300703
• Artikelnr.: 33766984

Inhaltsangabe

Prolegomena; Part I. The Roman Empire and the Comparative Study of
Pre-Industrial Society: 1. Beyond the ancient economy? Trade in the Roman
empire and the problem of comparative history; 2. An agrarian empire
between market and tribute - situating interregional trade in the Roman
empire; Part II. Imperial Bazaar: 3. A rough trading world - opaque,
volatile and discontinuously connected markets; 4. A thin line - portorium,
protection and predation; 5. Community - cult, courts, credit and
collaboration in the bazaar; Epilegomena: taking stock - the world of
goods.