Literacy and Power in the Ancient World
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Literacy and Power in the Ancient World by Alan K Bowman
This collection attempts to set the study of literacy in the ancient world in the wider contexts of the debates among anthropologists over the impact of writing on society. Was writing a revolutionary innovation or fundamentally repressive?
'Bowman and Woolf's collection has many virtues – not least putting Greek and Roman experience into a wider ancient contextAll classicists must read it to broaden their range and enlarge their operating framework.' The Classical Review
'This book is highly informative and always interesting . . . ' JACT Review
'This book is highly informative and always interesting . . . ' JACT Review
Greg Woolf is Professor of Ancient History at the University of St. Andrews. He is the author of Becoming Roman: The Origins of Provincial Civilization in Gaul (1998), as well as the co-editor of Literacy and Power in the Ancient World (1994), and Rome the Cosmopolis (2003). In addition, Professor Woolf is editor of the Journal of Roman Studies and has written numerous articles on Roman history.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521587365 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521587360 |
| Title | Literacy and Power in the Ancient World |
| Author | Alan K Bowman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1996-12-05 |
| Number of pages | 260 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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