[PDF] An Ancient Shopping Center eBook

Author : Dorothy Burr Thompson
Publisher : ASCSA
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 45,95 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Agora (Athens, Greece)
ISBN : 9780876616352

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As well as being a political center, the Agora was the focus of a noisy and varied commercial life. This booklet illustrates the archaeological, documentary, and pictorial evidence for such diverse trades as shoe-making, fishmongering, weaving, and the manufacture of luxury goods and perfumes. Shopping was just one aspect of this public space: ancient Athenians would also have received medical treatment, been married and buried, made sacrifices, and received education in the Agora. The material remains from all of these activities are also discussed. Vivid illustrations and useful resources, such as a table of prices and coinage, bring the bustling marketplace to life.

Author : Claire Holleran
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 40,80 MB
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0191626414

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Shopping in Ancient Rome provides the first comprehensive account of the retail network of this ancient city, an area of commerce that has been largely neglected in previous studies. Given the remarkable concentration of consumers in ancient Rome, the vast majority of which were entirely reliant on the market for survival, a functioning retail trade was vital to the survival of Rome in the late Republic and the Principate. In this volume Holleran provides the first systematic account of Rome's retail sector through a comprehensive analysis of the literary, legal, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence together with wide-ranging and innovative comparative studies of the distributive trades. Investigating the diverse means by which goods were sold to consumers in the city, and the critical relationship between retail and broader environmental factors, Holleran places Roman retail trade firmly within the wider context of its urban economy. In considering the roles played by shops, workshops, markets, fairs, auctions, street sellers, and ambulant vendors in the distribution of goods to the inhabitants of the city, the volume sheds new light on the experience of living in the ancient city and explores the retail trade of Rome in its totality.

Author : Ira G. Zepp
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 27,88 MB
Release : 1997-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0870814362

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Finds in the circles, crosses, squares, trees, fountains, flags, stone monuments, and other components of shopping malls the symbols of human community that once characterized ancient sacred centers. Argues that as the major institutions of church, school, and family fail, people seek other spaces to fulfill basic human needs. First published in 1986 by Christian Classics in Westminster, Maryland. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Ruggles Plaza Associates
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,9 MB
Release : 2018-02-20
Category :
ISBN : 9781378248881

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Author : Claire Holleran
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 41,3 MB
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 019969821X

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This volume provides the first comprehensive account of the retail network in ancient Rome and investigates the diverse means by which goods were sold to consumers in the city. Holleran places Roman retail trade within the wider context of its urban economy and explores the critical relationship between retail and broader environmental factors.