The Roman Bazaar: A Comparative Study of Trade and Markets in a Tributary Empire

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It has long been held that conditions in the Roman economy resembled those found in early modern Europe. In this intriguing study, Peter Bang interrogates this claim and argues that Roman trade and markets could more accurately be compared to those of the Mughal Empire in India.

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It has long been held by historians that trade and markets in the Roman Empire resembled those found later in early modern Europe. Using the concept of the bazaar, however, Peter Bang argues that the development spawned by Roman hegemony proves clear similarities with large, pre-colonial or tributary empires such as the Ottoman, the Mughal in India, and the Ming/Ch'ing in China. By comparing Roman market formation particularly with conditions in the Mughal Empire, Bang changes our comparative horizons and situates the ongoing debate over the Roman economy firmly within wider discussions about world history and the 'great divergence' between east and west. The broad scope of this book takes in a wide range of topics, from communal networks and family connections to imperial cultures of consumption, and will therefore be of great interest to scholars and students of ancient history and pre-industrial economics.

Table of Contents

Prolegomena; Part I. The Roman Empire and the Comparative Study of Pre-Industrial Society: 1. Beyond the ancient economy? Trade in the Roman empire and the problem of comparative history; 2. An agrarian empire between market and tribute - situating interregional trade in the Roman empire; Part II. Imperial Bazaar: 3. A rough trading world - opaque, volatile and discontinuously connected markets; 4. A thin line - portorium, protection and predation; 5. Community - cult, courts, credit and collaboration in the bazaar; Epilegomena: taking stock - the world of goods.

Review

"Bang's well-researched and clearly written (and much-warranted) investigation will prove valuable to anyone interested in the comparative history of premodern empires and economies. Bang is surely right to claim the need for more studies of comparable ancient structures rather than more comparisons between ancient and modern ones. His is a first big step in the right direction."The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Brent D. Shaw, Princeton University"This is an extremely rich and stimulating book..." --American Historical Review

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A study interrogating the assumption that economic conditions in the Roman Empire resembled those found in early modern Europe.

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"This is an extremely rich and stimulating book..." --American Historical Review

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A study interrogating the assumption that economic conditions in the Roman Empire resembled those found in early modern Europe.

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It has long been held that conditions in the Roman economy resembled those found in early modern Europe. In this intriguing study, Peter Bang interrogates this claim and argues that Roman trade and markets could more accurately be compared to those of the Mughal Empire in India.

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It has long been held that conditions in the Roman economy resembled those found in early modern Europe. In this intriguing study, Peter Bang interrogates this claim and argues that Roman trade and markets could more accurately be compared to those of the Mughal Empire in India.

Details ISBN0521300703 Author Peter Fibiger Bang Publisher Cambridge University Press Series Cambridge Classical Studies Year 2011 ISBN-10 0521300703 ISBN-13 9780521300704 Format Paperback Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle A Comparative Study of Trade and Markets in a Tributary Empire Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 381.1 Pages 376 Short Title ROMAN BAZAAR Language English Media Book Affiliation University of Copenhagen Publication Date 2011-06-30 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises UK Release Date 2011-06-30 AU Release Date 2011-06-30 NZ Release Date 2011-06-30 Alternative 9780521855327 Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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