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The economics of the Roman stone trade / / Ben Russell
| The economics of the Roman stone trade / / Ben Russell |
| Autore | Russell Ben |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (472 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.477365093763 |
| Collana |
Oxford Studies on the Roman Economy
Oxford studies on the Roman economy |
| Soggetto topico | Stone carving - Rome - History |
| ISBN |
0-19-176519-8
0-19-163040-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""The Economics of the Roman Stone Trade""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Note to the Reader""; ""1 Introduction""; ""MARBLE STUDIES""; ""STONE IN ECONOMIC STUDIES""; ""AIMS AND OBJECTIVES""; ""2 The Market for Stone""; ""DEMAND FOR STONE""; ""The character of demand""; ""'Foreign rocks'""; ""Focus of demand""; ""SOURCES OF DEMAND""; ""Imperial investment""; ""Non-imperial investment in building""; ""The sarcophagus evidence""; ""SPENDING ON STONE""
""Costs of architectural elements""""Costs of building projects""; ""Costs outside the construction industry""; ""Labour estimates""; ""The Price Edict""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""3 Quarrying""; ""IMPERIAL QUARRY OWNERSHIP AND""; ""Imperial quarrying in the Eastern Desert""; ""Imperial quarrying elsewhere""; ""Contractors and imperial quarrying""; ""Changes in the system?""; ""Coordinating supply""; ""PRIVATE AND MUNICIPAL QUARRIES""; ""Ownership arrangements""; ""Organization of work""; ""Mixed ownership""; ""QUARRY DISTRIBUTION""; ""Quarries and urbanization""; ""Outlying quarries"" ""Accessibility""""CHRONOLOGY OF QUARRYING""; ""Continuity and intensification""; ""The opening of new quarries""; ""Decorative stone quarrying: the East""; ""Decorative stone quarrying: the West""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""4 Stone Transport""; ""OVERLAND TRANSPORT""; ""Capacity""; ""Timings""; ""Logistics""; ""Costs""; ""RIVER TRANSPORT""; ""Timings""; ""Vessels""; ""OVERSEAS TRANSPORT AND THE SHIPWRECK EVIDENCE""; ""Costs""; ""Shipwrecks""; ""Chronology""; ""Supplying Rome by sea""; ""Regional patterns""; ""The question of specialization""; ""CONNECTIVITY""; ""Direct and indirect commerce"" ""Origins and destinations""""Transshipment""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""5 Distribution Patterns""; ""MODELLING DISTRIBUTION""; ""Layers of economic activity""; ""The consumer and the selection of stone""; ""DISTRIBUTION OF STONE IN ARCHITECTURAL CONTEXTS""; ""Case study 1: Asia Minor""; ""Case study 2: the Levant""; ""Case study 3: Spain""; ""Case study 4: Gaul""; ""Case study 5: the Rhineland and Britain""; ""The impact of geography""; ""Building contractors and the selection of stone""; ""SARCOPHAGUS DISTRIBUTION AND MATERIALS FOR STATUARY""; ""Sarcophagus distribution in the East"" ""Sarcophagus distribution in the West""""Materials for statuary""; ""`Overseas agenciesÂ? and customer choice""; ""IMPERIAL REDISTRIBUTION""; ""Imperial projects at Rome""; ""Imperial projects outside of Rome""; ""The imperial transport system""; ""The nature of imperial intervention""; ""Imperial stones on the non-imperial market""; ""Imperial gifts""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""6 Building and Stone Supply""; ""THE ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT""; ""Managing building projects""; ""Specialist contractors""; ""ORDERING FROM THE QUARRIES""; ""The logistics of commissioning""; ""Documentary evidence"" ""Finds from the quarries"" |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996208428803316 |
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| Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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James Watt : making the world anew / / Ben Russell
| James Watt : making the world anew / / Ben Russell |
| Autore | Russell Ben |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina | 621.1092 |
| Soggetto topico | Steam engineers - Scotland |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-78023-402-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; James Watt: Making the World Anew; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction: Do We Want the Dust?; One: Sensible, Ingenious and Enterprising Men, 1736-56 ; Two: Artists of High Reputation, 1757-64; Three: Looking for a Living, 1764-74; Four: Gentlemen of Merit and Ingenuity, 1765-81 ; Five: Steam Mill Mad? 1781-95; Six: Inventive, Creative Genius, 1795-1819; Seven: Life after Death, 1800-1924; James Watt: A Chronology; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460355403321 |
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Russell Ben
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| London : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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James Watt : making the world anew / / Ben Russell
| James Watt : making the world anew / / Ben Russell |
| Autore | Russell Ben |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina | 621.1092 |
| Soggetto topico | Steam engineers - Scotland |
| ISBN | 1-78023-402-3 |
| Classificazione | 50.11 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; James Watt: Making the World Anew; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction: Do We Want the Dust?; One: Sensible, Ingenious and Enterprising Men, 1736-56 ; Two: Artists of High Reputation, 1757-64; Three: Looking for a Living, 1764-74; Four: Gentlemen of Merit and Ingenuity, 1765-81 ; Five: Steam Mill Mad? 1781-95; Six: Inventive, Creative Genius, 1795-1819; Seven: Life after Death, 1800-1924; James Watt: A Chronology; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787300903321 |
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Russell Ben
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| London : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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James Watt : making the world anew / / Ben Russell
| James Watt : making the world anew / / Ben Russell |
| Autore | Russell Ben |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
| Disciplina | 621.1092 |
| Soggetto topico | Steam engineers - Scotland |
| ISBN | 1-78023-402-3 |
| Classificazione | 50.11 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; James Watt: Making the World Anew; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction: Do We Want the Dust?; One: Sensible, Ingenious and Enterprising Men, 1736-56 ; Two: Artists of High Reputation, 1757-64; Three: Looking for a Living, 1764-74; Four: Gentlemen of Merit and Ingenuity, 1765-81 ; Five: Steam Mill Mad? 1781-95; Six: Inventive, Creative Genius, 1795-1819; Seven: Life after Death, 1800-1924; James Watt: A Chronology; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814813103321 |
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Russell Ben
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| London : , : Reaktion Books, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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