The Labor Market of the Early Roman Empire.

Discusses the ways in which ancient Rome was a slave society. Use of slavery as a sign of a non-market economy; Classification within the Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft conception of history as the account of progress from one to the other; Presence of a labor market in which the services of labor ca...

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Publicado en:Journal of Interdisciplinary History Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 513 - 539
Autor principal: Temin, Peter
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: MIT Press Spring2004
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Sumario:Discusses the ways in which ancient Rome was a slave society. Use of slavery as a sign of a non-market economy; Classification within the Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft conception of history as the account of progress from one to the other; Presence of a labor market in which the services of labor can be bought and sold; Ways in which the widespread use of slavery in Rome is taken as a sign that Gemeinschaft dominated the life of the Roman republic and the early Roman empire; Evidence indicating that Rome had a functioning labor market and a unified labor force.