{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-western-empires-in-antiquity-9781474242585","title":"A Cultural History of Western Empires in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarlos F. Noreña\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. He is author of \u003ci\u003eImperial Ideals in the Roman West \u003c\/i\u003e(2011), co-editor of \u003ci\u003eFrom Document to History: Epigraphic Insights into the Greco-Roman World \u003c\/i\u003e(2018) and \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation, and Ritual \u003c\/i\u003e(2010). He is currently working on a book on law, empire and political culture in the Roman Republic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach volume could successfully stand alone as a reference work on an era: Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment, the Age of Empire, and the Modern Age ... The introductory essay to each is a valuable resource for comparing traditional political and economic histories with the more critical and cultural works presented in subsequent chapters. Accompanying each volume is a list of illustrations, notes, further reading, and an index ... Overall, students seeking a comparative, interdisciplinary, and compelling account of the spread of Western empires will find much of interest here. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Editor's Preface, \u003ci\u003eAntoinette Burton (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  Introduction, \u003ci\u003eCarlos F. Noreña, (University of California Berkeley, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  1. War, \u003ci\u003eMichael Taylor, (University of Texas at Austin, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  2. Trade, \u003ci\u003eSitta von Reden, (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany)\u003c\/i\u003e  3. Natural Worlds, \u003ci\u003eNicholas Purcell, (University of Oxford, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  4. Labor, \u003ci\u003eElio Lo Cascio, (Universita di Roma, Italy)\u003c\/i\u003e  5. Mobility, \u003ci\u003eSailakshmi Ramgopal, (University of Chicago, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  6. Sexuality, \u003ci\u003eCaroline Vout, (University of Cambridge, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  7. Resistance, \u003ci\u003eLisa Pilar Eberle, (University of Oxford, UK)\u003c\/i\u003e  8. Race, \u003ci\u003eEmma Dench, (Harvard University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e    Notes  Further Reading  Notes on Contributors  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408812974423,"sku":"9781474242585","price":97.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474242585.jpg?v=1730504302","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-western-empires-in-antiquity-9781474242585","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}