A Cultural History of Work in Antiquity
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A Cultural History of Work in Antiquity by Ephraim Lytle
Winner of the 2020 PROSE Award for Multivolume Reference/Humanities The world of work saw marked developments over the course of antiquity. These were driven by social and economic changes, especially growth in market trade and related phenomena like urbanization and specialization. Although the self-sufficient agrarian household continued to prevail, economic realities everywhere intervened. Corresponding changes include the emergence of archaeologically distinct workplaces and even, in certain times and places, preindustrial factories. A diversity of workplace cultures often defied dominant gender and other social norms. Across an increasingly connected Mediterranean world, work contributed to and was in turn structured by mobility. Other striking developments included the emergence of state-sponsored leisure activities that offered respite from toil for all social classes. Through an exploration of these and other themes, this volume offers a reappraisal of ancient work and its relationship to Greek and Roman culture. A Cultural History of Work in Antiquity presents an overview of the period with essays on economies, representations of work, workplaces, work cultures, technology, mobility, society, politics and leisure.
A most interesting, detailed, clear and thought-provoking collection of essays, emphasising in particular the distinction between elite ideology (‘all manual work is below proper men’) and the real world of proper men and women* Classics for All *
[G]ives an excellent overview of how work is represented and discussed in both literary and archaeological sources... Perhaps the strongest point of most chapters is their attention to regional diversity and historical change: the volume sets the groundwork for ultimately producing a dynamic narrative of the history of work in antiquity. * Greece & Rome *
[G]ives an excellent overview of how work is represented and discussed in both literary and archaeological sources... Perhaps the strongest point of most chapters is their attention to regional diversity and historical change: the volume sets the groundwork for ultimately producing a dynamic narrative of the history of work in antiquity. * Greece & Rome *
Ephraim Lytle is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Toronto, Canada. His research focuses primarily on the social and economic history of the ancient Mediterranean.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781350278813 |
| ISBN 10 | 1350278815 |
| Title | A Cultural History of Work in Antiquity |
| Author | Ephraim Lytle |
| Series | The Cultural Histories Series |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2021-12-16 |
| Number of pages | 232 |
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