Imperialism, Power, and Identity (eBook)

Experiencing the Roman Empire

David J. Mattingly (Autor)

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2013
376 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4827-0 (ISBN)

Infos

David J. Mattingly is professor of Roman archaeology at the University of Leicester and a fellow of the British Academy. His many books include An Imperial Possession: Britain in the Roman Empire, Tripolitania,
Farming the Desert, Archaeology and Desertification, and The Cambridge Dictionary of Classical Civilization.

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Despite what history has taught us about imperialism's destructive effects on colonial societies, many classicists continue to emphasize disproportionately the civilizing and assimilative nature of the Roman Empire and to hold a generally favorable view of Rome's impact on its subject peoples. Imperialism, Power, and Identity boldly challenges this view using insights from postcolonial studies of modern empires to offer a more nuanced understanding of Roman imperialism. Rejecting outdated notions about Romanization, David Mattingly focuses instead on the concept of identity to reveal a Roman society made up of far-flung populations whose experience of empire varied enormously. He examines the nature of power in Rome and the means by which the Roman state exploited the natural, mercantile, and human resources within its frontiers. Mattingly draws on his own archaeological work in Britain, Jordan, and North Africa and covers a broad range of topics, including sexual relations and violence; census-taking and taxation; mining and pollution; land and labor; and art and iconography. He shows how the lives of those under Rome's dominion were challenged, enhanced, or destroyed by the empire's power, and in doing so he redefines the meaning and significance of Rome in today's debates about globalization, power, and empire. Imperialism, Power, and Identity advances a new agenda for classical studies, one that views Roman rule from the perspective of the ruled and not just the rulers. In a new preface, Mattingly reflects on some of the reactions prompted by the initial publication of the book.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.12.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Miriam S. Balmuth Lectures in Ancient History and Archaeology
• Reihe/Serie: Miriam S. Balmuth Lectures in Ancient History and Archaeology
• Zusatzinfo: 14 line illus. 15 tables. 17 maps.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: Adminius • Africa Proconsularis • Africa (Roman province) • ager publicus • Aggression • Agriculture • Algeria • Ammianus Marcellinus • ancient colonialism • ancient society • ancient warfare • Annexation • Anthropomorphism • Antithesis • aphorism • Arab–Israeli conflict • archaeology • Arminius • authoritarianism • Axis powers • Barbarian • Boudica • Britain • Britannia • british people • buggery • burial • caratacus • Cemetery • Census • Centuriation • Civilization • Classical Antiquity • classical archaeology • Classical Mythology • Client state • Colonialism • Colonial War • Colonization • colony • Concubinage • Confiscation • Consideration • Creolization • Criticism • culture change • Culture of ancient Rome • Decolonization • Destruction layer • Diocletianic Persecution • Economic Activity • Economic Growth • economy • Edward Said • Empire • Epigraphy • expansionism • Fascist architecture • Foray • freedman • Germanisation • Globalization • Great Power • Hadrian • Hadrian's Wall • hegemony • Hinterland • Historiography • humiliation • Iconography • Iconology • Identity • Ideology • Immigration • Imperial Ambitions • imperial government • imperialism • imperial policy • imperial power • imperial state • Independence • Indigenous peoples • indigenous traditions • Infrastructure • International Relations • Iron Age • Italians • Jews • J. (newspaper) • Kingdom of Judah • King of the Britons • Land Tenure • Late Antiquity • Lecture • Liberalization • Libya • Literature • Maghreb • Main contention • Manifest Destiny • material culture • metalla • Metal Production • Military Dictatorship • military occupation • Mining • modern colonialism • Multiculturalism • narrative • Nationalist Movement • North Africa • Numidia • olive oil • oral sex • Ownership • Oxford University Press • perjury • Persecution • Politique • pollution • Popular History • postmodern literature • Pottery • Power • Power structure • Prefect • Prejudice • Principate • proconsul • Prostitution • Publication • Qumran • Racism • regime change • Regional economies • Roman Africa • Roman Archaeology • Roman Army • Roman Art • Roman Britain • Roman economic world • Roman economy • Roman Empire • Roman imperialism • Romanization • Romanized style • Romano-Celtic temple • Roman provinces • Roman Society • Ruler • Sabratha • Saddam Hussein • scrutiny • S. (Dorst novel) • Self-Image • Septimius Severus • Sex • Sexual attitudes • sexual behavior • Sexuality • Sexuality in ancient Rome • sexual power • Sexual Violence • sharecropping • Slavery • smelting • Social Status • Sovereignty • State • State-Building • State Formation • Succession of states • Suetonius • Superiority (short story) • Superstate • Tacfarinas • Takeover • Tax • Tax exporting • Technology • The Various • Thick Description • Tincomarus • Togodumnus • tomb • Treaty • Tripolitana • Tripolitania • Triumphalism • Trojan War • Tunisia • Volubilis • Wadi Faynan landscape survey • war • warfare • Water resource management • Wealth • Writing • Zionism
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4827-X / 140084827X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4827-0 / 9781400848270