{"product_id":"work-labour-and-professions-in-the-roman-world-9789004331655","title":"Work, Labour, and Professions in the Roman World","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Despite the highly specialized nature of the subject matter as surveyed above, the volume represents a valuable contribution to scholarship by offering an updated guide to a complex field.\" Josaphat Tam in BMCR 2017.10.29  ''The papers highlight the variability of labour forms employed, and how firms, social networks and administrative institutions affected the organisation of labour. As such, the volume advocates more nuanced understandings of how social contexts affected economic performance – without necessarily ascribing a positive role to social institutions in lowering transaction costs. (...) In this sense, this collection of essays forms a welcome addition to the scholarly debate.'' Tymon de Haas, Clio 2018.1.002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  Preface Abbreviations of Ancient Sources About the Authors  1 Work, Labour, Professions. What’s in a Name?      Koenraad Verboven and Christian Laes\u0026lt; 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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210695434583,"sku":"9789004331655","price":132.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/work-labour-and-professions-in-the-roman-world-9789004331655","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}