Description: Further DetailsTitle: Houses and Society in Pompeii and HerculaneumCondition: NewEAN: 9780691029092ISBN: 9780691029092Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 07/28/1996Item Height: 254mmItem Length: 191mmItem Weight: 624gAuthor: Andrew Wallace-HadrillLanguage: EnglishISBN-10: 0691029091Description: Few sources reveal the life of the ancient Romans as vividly as do the houses preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius. Wealthy Romans lavished resources on shaping their surroundings to impress their crowds of visitors. The fashions they set were taken up and imitated by ordinary citizens. In this illustrated book, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill explores the rich potential of the houses of Pompeii and Herculaneum to offer new insights into Roman social life. Exposing misconceptions derived from contemporary culture, he shows the close interconnection of spheres we take as discrete: public and private, family and outsiders, work and leisure. Combining archaeological evidence with Roman texts and comparative material from other cultures, Wallace-Hadrill raises a range of new questions. How did the organization of space and the use of decoration help to structure social encounters between owner and visitor, man and woman, master and slave? What sort of "households" did the inhabitants of the Roman house form? How did the world of work relate to that of entertainment and leisure? How widely did the luxuries of the rich spread among the houses of craftsmen and shopkeepers?Through analysis of the remains of over two hundred houses, Wallace-Hadrill reveals the remarkably dynamic social environment of early imperial Italy, and the vital part that houses came to play in defining what it meant "to live as a Roman."Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: HistoryTopic: Ancient HistoryRelease Year: 1996 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum
Title: Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum
EAN: 9780691029092
ISBN: 9780691029092
Release Date: 07/28/1996
Release Year: 1996
ISBN-10: 0691029091
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Topic: Ancient History
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Name: Houses and Society in Pompeii and Herculaneum
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 1996
Subject: Archaeology, History / General
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 22 Oz
Author: Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
Item Length: 10 in
Subject Area: Architecture, Social Science
Item Width: 7.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
