Work, Labour, and Professions in the Roman World

Koenraad Verboven

ISBN 10: 9004331654 / ISBN 13: 9789004331655

Published by Koninklijke Brill BV Okt 2016, 2016

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Neuware - 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 co-ordinate human work efforts. In Work, Labour, and Professions in the Roman World, the authors discuss new insights, ideas and interpretations on the role of labour and human resources in the Roman economy. They study the various ways in which work was mobilised and organised and how these processes were regulated. Work as a production factor, however, is not the exclusive focus of this volume. Throughout the chapters, the contributors also provide an analysis of work as a social and cultural phenomenon in Ancient Rome.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Work, Labour, and Professions in the Roman World
• Publisher: Koninklijke Brill BV Okt 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004331654
• ISBN 13: 9789004331655
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 159H x 25D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 159 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 651 grams

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Synopsis

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 co-ordinate human work efforts. In Work, Labour, and Professions in the Roman World, the authors discuss new insights, ideas and interpretations on the role of labour and human resources in the Roman economy. They study the various ways in which work was mobilised and organised and how these processes were regulated. Work as a production factor, however, is not the exclusive focus of this volume. Throughout the chapters, the contributors also provide an analysis of work as a social and cultural phenomenon in Ancient Rome.

About the Author

Koenraad Verboven is professor of Ancient History at Ghent University. He has published extensively on social and economic history, including a recent edited volume,Ownership and Exploitation of Land and Natural Resources in the Roman World. (OUP, 2015)

Christian Laes is professor of Latin and Ancient History at the University of Antwerp and adjunct professor at the University of Tampere. He has published five monographs and over seventy international contributions on the socio-cultural history of Roman and Late Antiquity.

Contributors are: Seth Bernard, Sarah Bond, Miko Flohrl, Miriam Groen-Vallinga, Cameron Hawkins, Claire Holleran, Christian Laes, Catharina Lis, Jinyu Liu, Elizabeth Murphy, Hugo Soly, Laurens Tacoma, Nicolas Tran, Koenraad Verboven and Arjan Zuiderhoek.