{"product_id":"bringing-in-the-sheaves-economy-and-metaphor-in-the-roman-world-paperback-softback-9781442629226","title":"Bringing in the Sheaves; Economy and Metaphor in the Roman World (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442629226","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBringing in the Sheaves\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEconomy and Metaphor in the Roman World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrent Shaw (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442629226\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 April 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e478 pages, 98 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.1 x 3 cm, 0.74 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e‘Fascinating study of harvest and harvesting in the Roman world…Not only is this the most wide-ranging study of the harvest in antiquity that I am aware of, it should be read by all who are interested in the link between life and thought in the Roman world.’ - Paul Erdkamp (American Historical Review, vol 119:02:2014) \u003cp\u003e‘How wonderful to read a book written by a true scholar, which brims with humor, critique, insight, and expansiveness… Highly recommended.’\u003c\/p\u003e - S. Hammer (Choice Magazine vol 51:01:2013) \u003cp\u003e‘The volume is incredibly rich in content with almost one hundred illustrations in black and white, more than a thousand endnotes, and thirty-five pages of bibliography…  Shaw’s book advances our understanding of agricultural society and is an important contribution to the study of late antiquity.’\u003c\/p\u003e - Jesper Carlsen (The Historian vol 77:01:2015)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe annual harvesting of cereal crops was one of the most important economic tasks in the Roman Empire. Not only was it urgent and critical for the survival of state and society, it mobilized huge numbers of men and women every year from across the whole face of the Mediterranean. In \u003cem\u003eBringing in the Sheaves\u003c\/em\u003e, Brent D. Shaw investigates the ways in which human labour interacted with the instruments of harvesting, what part the workers and their tools had in the whole economy, and how the work itself was organized.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoth collective and individual aspects of the story are investigated, centred on the life-story of a single reaper whose work in the wheat fields of North Africa is documented in his funerary epitaph. The narrative then proceeds to an analysis of the ways in which this cyclical human behaviour formed and influenced modes of thinking about matters beyond the harvest. The work features an edition of the reaper inscription, and a commentary on it. It is also lavishly illustrated to demonstrate the important iconic and pictorial dimensions of the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface\/Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Under the Burning Sun\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Primus in Arvis \/ First in the Fields\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Sickle \u0026amp; Scythe \/ Man \u0026amp; Machine\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Grim Reapers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Blade of Vengeance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1: Harvesting Contracts from Roman Egypt and Italy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2: The Maktar Harvester Inscription: Text and Commentary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 3: The Gallo-Roman Reaping Machines: Iconographic Data\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMap 1.1: Africa of the Maktar Harvester\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMap 2.1: Roman Mactaris (Maktar) and Region\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMap 3.1: Northern Gaul: Heartland of the Reaping Machine\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMap 3.2: Distribution of Sickle and Scythe Finds in Late Prehistoric and Roman Gaul\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable 1.1: Survey of Modern\/Post World War II Land Use Patterns in the Maghrib\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable 1.2: Pre-World War II Cereal Grain Production in the Maghrib\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable 1.3: Survey of Modern\/Post World War II Cereal Grain Production in the Maghrib\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTable 1.4: Pre World War I Indigenous Cereal Grain Production in Algeria\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations of Sources\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670851547416,"sku":"9781442629226","price":31.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/bringing-in-the-sheaves-economy-and-metaphor-in-the-roman-world-paperback-softback-9781442629226","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}