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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John R Patterson |
ISBN: | 9780198140887 0198140886 |
OCLC Number: | 701031428 |
Notes: | Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Oxford University. Originally published 2006; reprinted 2008. |
Description: | xiv, 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Introduction ; 1. The rural landscapes of imperial Italy ; Appendix: Survey of surveys ; 2. The transformation of the city in imperial Italy ; 3. Social mobility and the cities of Italy ; Conclusion |
Responsibility: | John R. Patterson. |
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...[an] ambitious and stimulating book...a wide-ranging and persuasive contribution of importance for all those working on imperial Italy * Robert Witcher, Journal of Roman Studies * An important contribution to the historiography of the Italian peninsula in antiquity... [it] will take a central position in the scholarly debate during the upcoming years and hence deserves a place in any decent university library. * Miko Flohr, Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Patterson presents a social and economic history of Italy during the first and second centures AD, focusing upon central and southern Italy. He offers a nuanced view of Italy's transformation, emphasising and analysing local diversity...Given that a large proportion of this has been published in Italian and almost all of it in comparatively obscure or expensive scholarly publications, his book makes accessible recent work on the peninsula's towns and landscape. * Alison E. Cooley, The Journal of Classics Teaching * Read more...


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