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Erika Rappaport (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) Professor Jon Stobart (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)

A Cultural History of Shopping in Antiquity

Erika Rappaport (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA),  Professor Jon Stobart (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK)

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English
Bloomsbury Academic
25 July 2024
Microeconomics
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
A Cultural History of Shopping was a Library Journal Best in Reference selection for 2022.

Covering the period from 500 BCE to 500 CE, this is the first book to address the cultural history of shoppers and shopping in antiquity.

Evidence for the existence of shops has been found across many archaeological sites in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East but the study of shops and retailing in antiquity is a relatively new subject.

From Classical Greece through to the Late Roman Empire, shopping shifted from being a means to an end – a method of supplementing the family diet or providing material goods the household could not manufacture itself – to a form of experience where the processes of browsing and not purchasing became as important as buying. This dramatic transformation is a reflection of the changing material desires of these societies and their perspectives on the ways in which the fulfilment of those desires could be achieved.

Recurring themes in this interdisciplinary volume include the lives of 'ordinary' people; the relationship between gender and shopping; the contrast between Greece and Rome; the attitudes towards shopkeepers; the placing of shops in the cityscape; and the zoning of particular crafts and products.

A Cultural History of Shopping in Antiquity presents an overview of the period with themes addressing practices and processes; spaces and

places; shoppers and identities; luxury and everyday; home and family; visual and literary representations; reputation, trust and credit; and

governance, regulation and the state.
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Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 244mm,  Width: 169mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   612g
ISBN:   9781350026964
ISBN 10:   1350026964
Series:   The Cultural Histories Series
Pages:   248
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mary Harlow is Honorary Associate Professor of Ancient History, University of Leicester, UK. Ray Laurence is Professor of Ancient History, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

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