Sarah E. Bond Strike recensie, review en informatie boek over arbeid, vakbonden en verzet in het Romeinse Rijk van de Amerikaanse professor van de klassieke geschiedenis. Op 4 februari 2025 verschijnt bij Yale University Press het nieuwe boekvan Sarah E. Bond over de Romeinse geschiedenis van arbeid, vakbonden en verzet. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het geschiedenisboek is niet verkrijgbaar.
Sarah E. Bond Strike recensie, review en informatie
- “In this groundbreaking and indispensable work, Sarah Bond presents a detailed survey of ancient Roman labor from the earliest days of Rome through to Late Antiquity. She offers intriguing new windows onto gender, enslavement, religion, and a range of other aspects of daily life in ancient Rome that continue to resonate today.” (Jane Draycott)
- “In this first-rate study, historian Bond makes the case that organized labor was a powerful force in the ancient world. . . . A sterling example of historical revisionism, this foregrounds the human-level struggles at stake in the ancient world.” (Publishers Weekly)
Strike
Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire
- Auteur: Sarah E. Bond (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: Romeinse geschiedenis
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Yale University Press
- Verschijnt: 4 februari 2025
- Omvang: 272 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
- Prijs: $ 35,00
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
Flaptekst van het boek over arbeid, vakbonden en verzet in het Romeinse Rijk
Historian Sarah E. Bond retells the traditional story of Ancient Rome, revealing how groups of ancient workers unified, connected, and protested as they helped build an empire.
From plebeians refusing to join the Roman army to bakers withholding bread, this is the first book to explore how Roman workers used strikes, boycotts, riots, and rebellion to get their voices—and their labor—acknowledged. Sarah E. Bond explores Ancient Rome from a new angle to show that the history of labor conflicts and collective action goes back thousands of years, uncovering a world far more similar to our own than we realize.
Workers often turned to their associations for solidarity and shared identity in the ancient world. Some of these groups even negotiated contracts, wages, and work conditions in a manner similar to modern labor unions. As the world begins to consider the value—and indeed the necessity—of unionization to protect workers, this book demonstrates that we can learn valuable lessons from ancient laborers and from attempts by the Roman government to limit their freedom.
Sarah E. Bond is the Erling B. “Jack” Holtsmark Associate Professor in the Classics in the Department of History at the University of Iowa. She is the author of Trade and Taboo: Disreputable Professions in the Roman Mediterranean. She lives in Iowa City, Iowa.