1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459871603321

Autore

Dossey Leslie <1968->

Titolo

Peasant and empire in Christian North Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Leslie Dossey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-76405-5

9786612764059

0-520-94777-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Collana

The transformation of the classical heritage ; ; 47

Disciplina

305.5/6330939709015

Soggetti

Peasants - Africa, North - History

Electronic books.

Rome History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Historical Overview -- 2. Rural Consumption in Early Imperial North Africa -- 3. A Late Antique Consumer Revolution? -- 4. Frustrated Communities: The Rise and Fall of the Self- Governing Village -- 5. Bishops Where No Bishops Should Be: The Phenomenon of the Rural Bishopric -- 6. Preaching to Peasants -- 7. Reinterpreting Rebellion: Textual Communities and the Circumcellions -- Conclusion -- Appendix. The Identifiable Rural Bishoprics -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This remarkable history foregrounds the most marginal sector of the Roman population, the provincial peasantry, to paint a fascinating new picture of peasant society. Making use of detailed archaeological and textual evidence, Leslie Dossey examines the peasantry in relation to the upper classes in Christian North Africa, tracing that region's social and cultural history from the Punic times to the eve of the Islamic conquest. She demonstrates that during the period when Christianity was spreading to both city and countryside in North Africa, a convergence of economic interests narrowed the gap between the rustici and the urbani, creating a consumer revolution of sorts among



the peasants. This book's postcolonial perspective points to the empowerment of the North African peasants and gives voice to lower social classes across the Roman world.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779328103321

Autore

Salisbury Ralph J

Titolo

So far, so good [[electronic resource] /] / Ralph Salisbury

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2013

ISBN

1-4962-1144-8

0-8032-4622-6

1-299-13232-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Collana

River teeth literary nonfiction prize

Disciplina

818/.5403

B

Soggetti

Poets, American - 20th century

College teachers - United States

Racially mixed people - United States

Cherokee Indians

Irish Americans

Social values

Civilization, Modern - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Prologue ; Chapter 1 ; Chapter 2 ; Chapter 3 ; Chapter 4 ; Chapter 5 ; Chapter 6 ; Chapter 7 ; Chapter 8 ; Chapter 9 ; Chapter 10 ; Chapter 11 ; Chapter 12 ; Chapter 13 ; Chapter 14 ; Chapter 15 ; Chapter 16 ; Chapter 17 ; Chapter 18 ; Chapter 19 ; Chapter 20 ; Chapter 21 ; Chapter 22 ; Chapter 23 ; Chapter 24 ; Chapter 25 ; Chapter 26 ; Chapter 27 ; Chapter 28 ; Chapter 29 ; Chapter 30 ; Chapter 31 ; Chapter 32 ; Chapter 33 ; Chapter 34 ; Epilogue

Sommario/riassunto

<DIV>"A Native American, a Vanishing American, Ralph Salisbury writes



of a vanishing life, but in this brave and startling memoir, it is the life of a poet-warrior that will never be forgotten."-Patty Dann, author of <I>Mermaids</I> </DIV>