Migration, Mobility and Place in Ancient Italy challenges prevailing conceptions of a natural tie to the land and a demographically settled world. It argues that much human mobility in the last millennium BC was ongoing and cyclical. In particular, outside the military context 'the foreigner in our midst' was not regarded as a problem. Boundaries of status rather than of geopolitics were those difficult to cross. The book discusses the stories of individuals and migrant groups, traders, refugees, expulsions, the founding and demolition of sites, and the political processes that could both encourage and discourage the transfer of people from one place to another. In so doing it highlights moments of change in the concepts of mobility and the definitions of those on the move. By providing the long view from history, it exposes how fleeting are the conventions that take shape here and now. Provides a new approach to Romano-Italian history, but through mobilities and trajectories rather than through site and ethnicity Traces through empirical study the high rate of mobility in the ancient world and flexible attitudes to those who were on the move, challenging stereotypes about ancient communities as largely static, sedentary and defined by ethnic concerns Applies contemporary theories from disciplines such as geography, anthropology and art to help address the complex issues of how we understand human mobility and constructions of place
- ISBN: 9781107130616
- Editorial: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Encuadernacion: Tela
- Páginas: 542
- Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2017
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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