Globalisation and the Roman world : world history, connectivity and material culture / edited by Martin Pitts, University of Exeter; Miguel John Versluys, University of Leiden.

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"This book explores a new perspective for understanding the Roman world, using connectivity as a major point of departure. Globalisation is apparent in increased flows of objects, people and ideas and in the creation of translocal consciousness in everyday life. Based on these criteria, there is a c...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Pitts, Martin (Editor)
Versluys, M. J. (Editor)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Globalization.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology.
Rome > History > Empire, 284-476.
Rome > Civilization.
Physical Description:ix, 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • PART I. INTRODUCTIONS
  • Globalisations and the Roman world : perspectives and opportunities / Martin Pitts and Miguel John Versluys
  • Postcolonial and global Rome : the genealogy of empire / Richard Hingley
  • PART II. CASE STUDIES
  • Globalisation and the Roman economy / Neville Morley
  • Globalisation, circulation and mass consumption in the Roman world / Martin Pitts
  • The global and the local in the Roman Empire : connectivity and mobility from an urban perspective / Ray Laurence and Francesco Trifilo
  • Polybius's global moment and human mobility throughout ancient Italy / Elena Isayev
  • Roman visual material culture as globalizing koine / Miguel John Versluys
  • Oikoymenh : longue durée perspectives on ancient Mediterranean globality / Michael Sommer
  • Globalisation and Roman cultural heritage / Rob Witcher
  • PART III. PERSPECTIVES
  • Ancient Rome and globalization : decentering Rome / Jan Nederveen Pieterse
  • Global, local and in between : connectivity and the Mediterranean / Tamar Hodos.