Consumerism In The Ancient World

Author : Justin St. P. Walsh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317812838

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Consumerism in the Ancient World by Justin St. P. Walsh Pdf

Greek pottery was exported around the ancient world in vast quantities over a period of several centuries. This book focuses on the Greek pottery consumed by people in the western Mediterranean and trans-Alpine Europe from 800-300 BCE, attempting to understand the distribution of vases, and particularly the reasons why people who were not Greek decided to acquire them. This new approach includes discussion of the ways in which objects take on different meanings in new contexts, the linkages between the consumption of goods and identity construction, and the utility of objects for signaling positive information about their owners to their community. The study includes a database of almost 24,000 artifacts from more than 230 sites in Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland, and Germany. This data was mapped and analyzed using geostatistical techniques to reveal different patterns of consumption in different places and at different times. The development of the new approaches explored in this book has resulted in a shift away from reliance on the preserved fragments of ancient Greek authors’ descriptions of western Europe, remains of monumental buildings, and major artworks, and toward investigation of social life and more prosaic forms of material culture. ADDITIONAL E-RESOURCES FOR THIS BOOK ARE AVAILABLE: https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/art_data/1/

Author : Justin St. P. Walsh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317812845

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Consumerism in the Ancient World by Justin St. P. Walsh Pdf

Greek pottery was exported around the ancient world in vast quantities over a period of several centuries. This book focuses on the Greek pottery consumed by people in the western Mediterranean and trans-Alpine Europe from 800-300 BCE, attempting to understand the distribution of vases, and particularly the reasons why people who were not Greek decided to acquire them. This new approach includes discussion of the ways in which objects take on different meanings in new contexts, the linkages between the consumption of goods and identity construction, and the utility of objects for signaling positive information about their owners to their community. The study includes a database of almost 24,000 artifacts from more than 230 sites in Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland, and Germany. This data was mapped and analyzed using geostatistical techniques to reveal different patterns of consumption in different places and at different times. The development of the new approaches explored in this book has resulted in a shift away from reliance on the preserved fragments of ancient Greek authors’ descriptions of western Europe, remains of monumental buildings, and major artworks, and toward investigation of social life and more prosaic forms of material culture. ADDITIONAL E-RESOURCES FOR THIS BOOK ARE AVAILABLE: https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/art_data/1/

Author : John Wilkins,Robin Nadeau
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405179409

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A Companion to Food in the Ancient World by John Wilkins,Robin Nadeau Pdf

A Companion to Food in the Ancient World presents a comprehensive overview of the cultural aspects relating to the production, preparation, and consumption of food and drink in antiquity. • Provides an up-to-date overview of the study of food in the ancient world • Addresses all aspects of food production, distribution, preparation, and consumption during antiquity • Features original scholarship from some of the most influential North American and European specialists in Classical history, ancient history, and archaeology • Covers a wide geographical range from Britain to ancient Asia, including Egypt and Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, regions surrounding the Black Sea, and China • Considers the relationships of food in relation to ancient diet, nutrition, philosophy, gender, class, religion, and more

Author : Samuel Idowu,René Schmidpeter,Nicholas Capaldi,Liangrong Zu,Mara Del Baldo,Rute Abreu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 4043 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031259845

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Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management by Samuel Idowu,René Schmidpeter,Nicholas Capaldi,Liangrong Zu,Mara Del Baldo,Rute Abreu Pdf

This encyclopedia is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of reference for sustainability in business and management. It covers both traditional and emerging concepts and terms and is fully international in its scope. More than 700 contributions of internationally renowned experts provide a definitive access to the knowledge in the area of sustainable and responsible management. All actors in the field will find reliable and up to date definitions and explanations of the key terms and concepts of management in this reference work. The Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management represents all aspects of management and business conduct. It takes sustainability as a management concept that gives due credit to the complexity and diverging constraints in which businesses and corporations act today, and it emphasizes and focuses approaches that help ensure that today's management decisions and actions will be the basis for tomorrow's prosperity.

Author : Juliana Mansvelt
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412996853

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Green Consumerism by Juliana Mansvelt Pdf

Colorful bracelets, funky brooches, and beautiful handmade beads: young crafters learn to make all these and much more with this fantastic step-by-step guide. In 12 exciting projects with simple steps and detailed instructions, budding fashionistas create their own stylish accessories to give as gifts or add a touch of personal flair to any ensemble. Following the successful "Art Smart" series, "Craft Smart" presents a fresh, fun approach to four creative skills: knitting, jewelry-making, papercrafting, and crafting with recycled objects. Each book contains 12 original projects to make, using a range of readily available materials. There are projects for boys and girls, carefully chosen to appeal to readers of all abilities. A special "techniques and materials" section encourages young crafters to try out their own ideas while learning valuable practical skills.

Author : Carl A. Zimring,William L. Rathje, Consulting Editor
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 1225 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781452266671

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Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste by Carl A. Zimring,William L. Rathje, Consulting Editor Pdf

Archaeologists and anthropologists have long studied artifacts of refuse from the distant past as a portal into ancient civilizations, but examining what we throw away today tells a story in real time and becomes an important and useful tool for academic study. Trash is studied by behavioral scientists who use data com­piled from the exploration of dumpsters to better understand our modern society and culture. Why does the average American household send 470 pounds of uneaten food to the garbage can on an annual basis? How do different societies around the world cope with their garbage in these troubled environmental times? How does our trash give insight into our attitudes about gender, class, religion, and art? The Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste explores the topic across multiple disciplines within the social sciences and ranges further to include business, consumerism, environmentalism, and marketing to comprise an outstanding reference for academic and public libraries.

Author : Michael L. Klassen
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780761856344

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Jesus Consumer by Michael L. Klassen Pdf

Some scholars believe that Jesus’ punitive instructions about possessions and material goods amount to little more than antiquated sayings. By contrast, Jesus Consumer combines modern consumer research with the latest writings on historical Jesus to propose a model for contemporary consumer behavior that pays serious regard to Jesus’ “consumption teachings.” The author argues that Jesus’ consumer teachings possess the greatest potential to help us effect positive change in our personal lives and social relationships. We need to interpret and enact his teachings symbolically, not follow them literally.

Author : Paul Roscoe,Cindy Isenhour
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108836043

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Consumption, Status, and Sustainability by Paul Roscoe,Cindy Isenhour Pdf

Focuses information from across time and culture on the relationships among status competition, consumption, and planetary sustainability.

Author : Scheidel Walter Scheidel
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-07
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9781474472326

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Ancient Economy by Scheidel Walter Scheidel Pdf

Introducing students to current controversies over the nature of the ancient economy, this volume brings together twelve influential studies by leading experts in the field. In 1973, Moses Finley unveiled a comprehensive model of the economic underpinnings of classical civilisation. Since then, supporters and critics have turned the study of the ancient economy into what has been called 'an academic battleground'. In recent years, however, a growing number of scholars have aimed to move the debate beyond partisan controversies. This volume takes stock of these developments. Embracing a wide range of interdisciplinary perspectives derived from ecology, economics and cultural studies and drawing on literary, documentary and archaeological evidence, the contributions address crucial issues from agricultural production, the uses of money and the creation of markets to the scale of long-distance trade and economic growth in the Greek and Roman periods. In a general introduction and separate headnotes for each chapter, the editors provide a concise survey of recent debates, seeking to situate the different contributions in the broader context of contemporary scholarship. This is the first collection of its kind. It is designed to acquaint beginners as well as more advanced students with a variety of thematic and methodological approaches to the study of economic processes in the ancient world. All terms in foreign or ancient languages have been translated into English or explained in a comprehensive glossary. An up-to-date bibliographical essay covering pertinent scholarship in English offers guidance for further reading and the preparation of term papers.

Author : Laura M. Hartman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780199912513

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The Christian Consumer by Laura M. Hartman Pdf

Be it fair trade coffee or foreign oil, our choices as consumers affect the well-being of humans around the globe, not to mention the natural world and of course ourselves. Consumption is a serious ethical issue, and Christian writers throughout history have weighed in, discussing topics such as affluence and poverty, greed and gluttony, and proper stewardship of resources. These voices are often at odds, however. In this book, Laura M. Hartman formulates a coherent Christian ethic of consumption, imposing order on the debate by dividing it into four imperatives: Christians are to consume in ways that avoid sin, embrace creation, love one's neighbor, and envision the future. An adequate ethics of consumption, she argues, must include all four considerations as tools for discernment, even when they seem to contradict one another. The book includes discussions of Christian practices such as fasting, gratitude, solidarity, gift-giving, Sabbath-keeping, and the Eucharist. Using exemplars from the Christian tradition and practical examples from everyday life, The Christian Consumer offers a thoughtful guide to ethical consumption.

Author : Jules Toutain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UOM:39015011693556

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The Economic Life of the Ancient World by Jules Toutain Pdf

Author : Jeremy Prestholdt
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520254244

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Domesticating the World by Jeremy Prestholdt Pdf

“ Ingeniously stands the study of globalization and trade on its head.”—Edward Alpers, Chair of Department of History, UCLA

Author : Frank Trentmann
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199561216

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The Oxford Handbook of the History of Consumption by Frank Trentmann Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of the History of Consumption offers a timely overview of how our understanding of consumption in history has changed in the last generation.

Author : Moses I. Finley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520024362

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The Ancient Economy by Moses I. Finley Pdf

"The Ancient Economy holds pride of place among the handful of genuinely influential works of ancient history. This is Finley at the height of his remarkable powers and in his finest role as historical iconoclast and intellectual provocateur. It should be required reading for every student of pre-modern modes of production, exchange, and consumption."--Josiah Ober, author of Political Dissent in Democratic Athens

Author : Shelley Hales,Tamar Hodos
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780521767743

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Material Culture and Social Identities in the Ancient World by Shelley Hales,Tamar Hodos Pdf

This book considers how various aspects of material culture can be used to explore complex global and local identity structures in antiquity.