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Imperialism, power, and identity : experiencing the Roman empire / David J. Mattingly.

By: Mattingly, D. J
Series: Miriam S. Balmuth lectures in ancient history and archaeologyPublisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2011.Description: xxiv, 342 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780691146058 (cloth : alk. paper); 0691146055 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): 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
Contents:
Preface: My Roman empire -- Imperialisms and colonialisms -- From imperium to imperialism : writing the Roman empire -- From one colonialism to another : imperialism and the Maghreb -- Regime change, resistance, and reconstruction : imperialism ancient and modern -- Power, sex, and empire -- Ruling regions, exploiting resources -- Landscapes of imperialism : Africa, a landscape of opportunity? -- Metals and metalla : a Roman copper-mining landscape in the Wadi Faynan, Jordan -- Identity and discrepancy -- Family values : art and power at Ghirza in the Libyan pre-desert -- Afterword: Empire experienced.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-324) and index.

Preface: My Roman empire -- Imperialisms and colonialisms -- From imperium to imperialism : writing the Roman empire -- From one colonialism to another : imperialism and the Maghreb -- Regime change, resistance, and reconstruction : imperialism ancient and modern -- Power, sex, and empire -- Ruling regions, exploiting resources -- Landscapes of imperialism : Africa, a landscape of opportunity? -- Metals and metalla : a Roman copper-mining landscape in the Wadi Faynan, Jordan -- Identity and discrepancy -- Family values : art and power at Ghirza in the Libyan pre-desert -- Afterword: Empire experienced.