Jeremy Hartnett (Indiana Wabash College)

The Roman Street

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

By combining textual evidence, comparative historical material, and contemporary urban theory with architectural and art historical analysis, this book charts the street's key role in the social and political lives of Romans and restores its rightful place as the primary venue for social performance in the ancient world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9781107513532
• ISBN-10: 1107513537
• Artikelnr.: 59383148

Autorenporträt

Jeremy Hartnett is Associate Professor and Chair of Classics at Wabash College, Indiana, where he holds the Anne and Andrew T. Ford Chair in the Liberal Arts. He is the author of numerous articles and chapters on Roman urban history, the history of photography, and collegiate pedagogy, and has been awarded fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Michigan Society of Fellows, and the Archaeological Institute of America.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Repopulating the Street: 1. Street forms, street movements
2. Life in the street
3. The street's social environment
Part II. The Street and its Architectural Border: 4. Sidewalks under siege: houses, owners, and urban context
5. House facades and the architectural language of self-presentation
6. The 'in' and the 'out': streetside benches and urban society
Part III. The Street in Microcosm: 7. On the edge of the civic: a Herculaneum street
8. A contentious commercial street in Pompeii
Epilogue.