Imperialism, power, and identity
Subtitle: experiencing the Roman empire
By: David J. Mattingly.
Series: Miriam S. Balmuth lectures in ancient history and archaeology
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780691146058
Subjects: Roman provinces -- Administration; Romans -- Ethnic identity; Acculturation -- Rome; Imperialism; Power (Social sciences); Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D; Rome -- Foreign relations -- 30 B.C.-476 A.D; Rome -- Ethnic relations
Description: Despite what history has taught us about imperialism's destructive effects on colonial societies, many classicists continue to emphasize disproportionately the civilizing and assimilative nature of the Roman Empire and to hold a generally favorable view of Rome's impact on its subject people. This book boldly challenges this view.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: My Roman empire; title: Imperialisms and colonialisms; title: From imperium to imperialism : writing the Roman empire; title: From one colonialism to another : imperialism and the Maghreb; title: Regime change, resistance, and reconstruction : imperialism ancient and modern; title: Power, sex, and empire; title: Ruling regions, exploiting resources; title: Landscapes of imperialism : Africa, a landscape of opportunity?; title: Metals and metalla : a Roman copper-mining landscape in the Wadi Faynan, Jordan; title: Identity and discrepancy; title: Family values : art and power at Ghirza in the Libyan pre-desert; title: Afterword: Empire experienced.