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020			_a9780511894558 (ebook)
020			_z9781107011137 (hardback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aHQ511 _b.H84 2013
082	0	0	_a306.8509456/32 _223
100	1		_aHuebner, Sabine R., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Family in Roman Egypt : _bA Comparative Approach to Intergenerational Solidarity and Conflict / _cSabine R. Huebner.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (276 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis study captures the dynamics of the everyday family life of the common people in Roman Egypt, a social strata that constituted the vast majority of any pre-modern society but rarely figures in ancient sources or in modern scholarship. The documentary papyri and, above all, the private letters and the census returns provide us with a wealth of information on these people not available for any other region of the ancient Mediterranean. The book discusses such things as family composition and household size and the differences between urban and rural families, exploring what can be ascribed to cultural patterns, economic considerations and/or individual preferences by setting the family in Roman Egypt into context with other pre-modern societies where families adopted such strategies to deal with similar exigencies of their daily lives.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107011137
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511894558
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37640 _d37640