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Urban centers and rural contexts in late antiquity /
Recent publications on urbanism and the rural environment in Late Antiquity, most of which explore a single region or narrow chronological niche, have emphasized either textual or archeological evidence. None has attempted the more ambitious task of bringing together the full range of such evidence...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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East Lansing :
Michigan State University Press,
©2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Recent publications on urbanism and the rural environment in Late Antiquity, most of which explore a single region or narrow chronological niche, have emphasized either textual or archeological evidence. None has attempted the more ambitious task of bringing together the full range of such evidence within a multiregional perspective and around common themes. Urban Centers and Rural Contexts seeks to redress this omission. While ancient literature and the physical remains of cities attest to the power that urban values held over the lives of their inhabitants, the rural. |
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| Notas: | Contributions to the Third Biennial Conference on Shifting Frontiers in Late Antiquity, Emory University, March 1999. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 379 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780870138980 0870138987 9781628962222 1628962224 |