1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911090162803321

Autore

Howgego C. J

Titolo

Ancient history from coins / / Christopher Howgego

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995

ISBN

1-134-87783-8

1-280-32868-1

9786610328680

0-203-13586-5

9780203135860

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 176 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map

Collana

Approaching the ancient world

Disciplina

737.4/938

Soggetti

Coins, Greek

Coins, Roman

Coins, Ancient

History, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-161) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Ancient History from Coins; Copyright; Contents; Plates; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Money; THE HISTORY OF COINAGE; WHAT DIFFERENCE DID HAVING A COINAGE MAKE?; USE OF COINAGE: ATHENS; USE OF COINAGE: ROME; Chapter 2 Minting; WHERE DID THE METALS COME FROM?; WHAT IS A MINT?; HOW LARGE WERE ISSUES?; WHY WERE COINS STRUCK?; COINAGE AND STATE EXPENDITURE; Chapter 3 Empires; COINAGE AND IMPERIALISM; ATHENS; PERSIA; PHILIP II AND ALEXANDER; SELEUCIDS; PTOLEMIES; ATTALIDS; ROME; CONCLUSION; Chapter 4 Politics; COIN TYPES AND POLITICS

PATTERNS OF POLITICAL REPRESENTATION: GREECE PATTERNS OF POLITICAL REPRESENTATION: ROME; CHOICE AND INTENTION; AUDIENCE AND RECEPTION; IMAGERY AND LANGUAGE; THEMES OF POWER; CONCLUSION; Chapter 5 Circulation; THE EVIDENCE AND ITS LIMITATIONS; REASONS FOR THE MOVEMENT OF COIN; ARCHAIC PERIOD; LATE CLASSICAL AND HELLENISTIC PERIODS; ROMAN PERIOD;



CONCLUSION; Chapter 6 Crisis; CRISIS AT ATHENS AND ROME; COINAGE UNDER PRESSURE {EXCLUDING ROME}; REASONS FOR MONETARY MANIPULATIONS IN THE ROMAN WORLD; CAUSES OF INFLATION; THE THIRD-CENTURY CRISIS; Notes; Bibliography; Key to plates; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Like other volumes in this series, Ancient History from Coins demystifies a specialism, introducing students (from first year upwards) to the techniques, methods, problems and advantages of using coins to do ancient history.Coins are a fertile source of information for the ancient historian; yet too often historians are uneasy about using them as evidence because of the special problems attaching to their interpretation. The world of numismatics is not always easy for the non-specialist to penetrate or understand with confidence. Dr Howgego describes and analyses the main contribution.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911100746403321

Autore

Bennett John R.

Titolo

Uqalurait : an oral history of Nunavut / / compiled and edited by John Bennett and Susan Rowley ; foreword by Suzanne Evaloardjuk, Peter Irniq, Uriash Puqiqnak, and David Serkoak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2004]

©2004

ISBN

1282860321

9786612860324

077357006-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxxii, 473 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports ; ; 25 cm

Collana

McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; ; 36

Disciplina

305.897/124/097195

Soggetti

Inuit - Nunavut - History

Inuit - Nunavut - Social life and customs

Ethnology - Nunavut

Oral history - Nunavut

Inuit - Nunavut - Histoire

Inuit - Nunavut - Moeurs et coutumes

Ethnologie - Nunavut

Histoire orale

Nunavut History

Nunavut Social life and customs

Nunavut Histoire



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-456) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Black and White Illustrations -- Figures -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- A Note on Language and Spelling -- Colour plates -- Inuit Identity -- Naming -- The Family -- Animals -- Hunting -- Gathering -- Food Sharing -- Leadership -- Justice -- Music and Dance -- Astronomy -- Navigation -- The Land -- External Relations -- Tuniit -- Unusual Beings -- Cosmology -- Shamanism -- Singaijuq (Pregnancy) and Irnisuktuq (Labour) -- Medicine -- Death and Burial -- Architecture -- Material Culture -- Skin Preparation and Clothing -- Regional Identity -- Inuit Seasonal Rounds -- Seasonal Rounf of the Ahiarmiut -- Seasonal Round of the Arviligjuarmiut -- Seasonal Round of the Amitturmiut -- Seasonal Round of the Inuinnait -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index of Elders Quoted in the Text -- General Index

Sommario/riassunto

"A compilation of the traditional knowledge of Inuit Elders guided by Inuit from across Nunavut, Uqalurait consists of thousands of quotations organized thematically to cover all aspects of traditional life. The book describes the seasonal rounds of four different cultural groups, illustrating that while Inuit across the land now known as Nunavut had much in common, there was also much to distinguish them from each other, living as they did in many small groups of people, each with its own territory and identity."--