Hawkins, Cameron,  1973- <br/><br/>
Roman artisans and the urban economy /Cameron Hawkins (assistant professor, Department of History, Queensborough Community College). 

 - Cambridge, United Kingdom :  Cambridge University Press,  (c)2016. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover ; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Seasonality, uncertainty, and consumer demand in an ancient city; Chapter 2 Specialization, associations, and the organization of production; Chapter 3 Manumission and the urban labor market; Chapter 4 The artisan household and the Roman economy; Epilogue; Appendix A The annualized costs of freed slaves' operae; Appendix B Occupational inscriptions from CIL 6 used in succession study; Bibliography; Index. 
<br/><br/> Vividly reconstructs economic conditions in ancient Roman cities and the socio-economic strategies of artisans who lived in them. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781316335888 9781316714218 9781316713648 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cities and towns--History.--Rome<br/>City and town life--History.--Rome<br/>Artisans--History.--Rome<br/>Consumption (Economics)--History.--Rome<br/>Labor market--History.--Rome<br/>Enslaved persons--Emancipation--History.--Rome<br/>Production (Economic theory)--Social aspects--History.--Rome
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC39  / .R663 2016