Entrée principale:

Morley, Neville.

Titre et auteur:

Metropolis and hinterland : the city of Rome and the Italian economy, 200 B.C.-A.D. 200 / Neville Morley.

Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Description:

xi, 211 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-207) and index.
Introduction: Rome and Italy -- 1. The metropolitan city in a pre-industrial economy -- 2. The demographic burden -- 3. A model of agricultural change -- 4. The transformation of the Roman suburbium -- 5. Agricultural development in central Italy -- 6. Exploiting the margins -- 7. Marketing and urbanisation.
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Résumé:

Ancient Rome was one of the greatest cities of the pre-industrial era. Like other such great cities, it has often been seen as a parasite, a drain on the resources of the society that supported it. Rome's huge population was maintained not by trade or manufacture but by the taxes and rents of the empire. It was the archetypal 'consumer city'. However, such a label does not do full justice to the impact of the city on its hinterland. This book examines the historiography of the consumer city model and reappraises the relationship between Rome and Italy. Drawing on recent archaeological work and comparative evidence, the author shows how the growth of the city can be seen as the major influence on the development of the Italian economy in this period as its demands for food and migrants promoted changes in agriculture, marketing systems and urbanisation throughout the peninsula.

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ISBN:

0521560063 (hardback)
9780521560061 (hardback)

Sujet:

Agriculture Economic aspects Rome.
Urbanization Rome.
Agriculture Aspect économique Rome.
Urbanisation Rome.
Agriculture Economic aspects.
Economic history.
Social conditions
Urbanization.
Achterland.
Economische aspecten.
CIVILIZAÇÃO ROMANA (ASPECTOS ECONÔMICOS;ASPECTOS URBANÍSTICOS)
Urbanization Italy Rome History To 476.
Urbanisation Rome (Italie) Antiquité.
Agriculture Aspect économique Rome (Italie) Antiquité.
Rome Economic conditions.
Rome Social conditions.
Italy Economic conditions.
Italy Social conditions.
Rome Economic conditions 510-30 B.C.
Rome Conditions économiques 510-30 av. J.-C.
Rome Conditions sociales.
Italie Conditions économiques.
Italie Conditions sociales.
Rome Conditions économiques.
Italy.
Rome (Empire)
Rome (Italy) Economic conditions.
Rome (Italie) Conditions économiques Antiquité.
Rome (Italie) Conditions sociales Antiquité.
Italie Conditions sociales Jusqu'à 476.
Italie Conditions économiques Jusqu'à 476.
Rome Economic conditions 510-530 B.C.

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Localisation: Bibliothèque main 126565
Cote: ID HC39.M67; ID:97-B1109
Statut: Disponible