{"product_id":"tales-of-the-barbarians-ethnography-and-empire-in-the-roman-west-hardback-9781405160735","title":"Tales of the Barbarians; Ethnography and Empire in the Roman West (Hardback) 9781405160735","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTales of the Barbarians\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEthnography and Empire in the Roman West\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Greg Woolf's wide-ranging and engaging study of ethnographic traditions about the \"barbarian\" west exposes the complex mixture of myth, stereotype, and information deriving from the interplay between inquirers and inhabitants and from the shifting circumstances that generated their creation and their transformation.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErich Gruen, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Woolf dissects Greek and Roman ethnological accounts to give a voice to the otherwise silent people Rome conquered and analyses the role of myths in empire building.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Breeze, The University of Edinburgh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGreg Woolf (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405160735, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 January 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.3 x 1.9 cm, 0.422 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\"A work of fundamental importance for students of ancient ethnography. Summing Up: Essential. All levels\/libraries.\" (Choice, 1 November 2011)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"By contrast, Woolf has rendered the topic in crisp and elegant prose. This reviewer suspects that, like good ancient ethnography, Woolf's contribution will very soon take on a life of its own\". (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 25 July 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eTales of the Barbarians\u003c\/i\u003e traces the creation of new mythologies in the wake of Roman expansion westward to the Atlantic, and offers the first application of modern ethnographic theory to ancient material.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eInvestigates the connections between empire and knowledge at the turn of the millennia, and the creation of new histories in the Roman West\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores how ancient geography, local histories and the stories of wandering heroes were woven together by Greek scholars and local experts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a fresh perspective by examining  passages from ancient writers in a new light\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslations Used Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: Telling Tales on the Middle Ground 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Explaining the Barbarians 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Ethnography and Empire 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Enduring Fictions? 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Index 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Main Passages Discussed 168\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437780726040,"sku":"9781405160735","price":61.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405160735.jpg?v=1784939763","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/tales-of-the-barbarians-ethnography-and-empire-in-the-roman-west-hardback-9781405160735","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}