Work, labour, and professions in the Roman world /

Work, labour, and professions in the Roman world /

The economic success of the Roman Empire was unparalleled in the West until the early modern period. While favourable natural conditions, capital accumulation, technology and political stability all contributed to this, economic performance ultimately depended on the ability to mobilize, train and c...

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Other Authors: Verboven, Koenraad., Laes, Christian.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016.

Series: Impact of Empire 23.
Impact of Empire Online, ISBN: 9789004411142.

Subjects:

Labor > Rome > History.
Working class > Rome > History.
Professions > Rome > History.
Human capital > Rome > History.
Slavery > Rome > History.
Rome > Economic conditions.
Rome > Social conditions.
Rome > History > Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.

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Call Number: HD4844 .W67 2016

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1 Work, Labour, Professions. What's in a Name? /
  • Koenraad Verboven and Christian Laes
  • 2 Sorting Out Labour in the Roman Provinces: Some Reflections on Labour and Institutions in Asia Minor /
  • Arjan Zuiderhoek
  • 3 Contracts, Coercion, and the Boundaries of the Roman Artisanal Firm /
  • Cameron Hawkins
  • 4 Workers in the Roman Imperial Building Industry /
  • Seth G. Bernard
  • 5 Getting a Job: Finding Work in the City of Rome /
  • Claire Holleran
  • 6 The Value of Labour: Diocletian's Prices Edict /
  • Miriam J. Groen-Vallinga and Laurens E. Tacoma
  • 7 Roman Workers and Their Workplaces: Some Archaeological Thoughts on the Organization of Workshop Labour in Ceramic Production /
  • Elizabeth A. Murphy
  • 8 Constructing Occupational Identities in the Roman World /
  • Miko Flohr
  • 9 Guilds and the Organisation of Urban Populations During the Principate /
  • Koenraad Verboven
  • 10 Group Membership, Trust Networks, and Social Capital: A Critical Analysis /
  • Jinyu Liu
  • 11 Currency and Control: Mint Workers in the Later Roman Empire /
  • Sarah Bond
  • 12 Ars and Doctrina: The Socioeconomic Identity of Roman Skilled Workers (First Century bc-Third Century ad) /
  • Nicolas Tran
  • 13 Work, Identity and Self-Representation in the Roman Empire and the West-European Middle Ages: Different Interplays between the Social and the Cultural /
  • Catharina Lis and Hugo Soly
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Places and Geographical Names
  • Index of Personal Names.