{"product_id":"the-reputation-of-the-roman-jane-sancinito-9780472133482","title":"The Reputation of the Roman Merchant","description":"Roman merchants, artisans, and service providers faced substantial prejudice. Contemporary authors labeled them greedy, while the Roman on the street accused merchants of lying and cheating. Legally and socially, merchants were kept at arm's length from respectable society. Yet merchants were common figures in daily life, populating densely packed cities and traveling around the Mediterranean. \u003ci\u003eThe Reputation of the Roman Merchant\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the strategies retailers, craftsmen, and many other workers used to succeed, examining how they developed good reputations despite the stigma associated with their work. In a novel approach, blending social and economic history, \u003ci\u003eThe Reputation of the Roman Merchant\u003c\/i\u003e considers how reputation worked as an informal institution, establishing and reinforcing traditional Roman norms while lowering the cost of doing business for individual workers. From histories and novels to inscriptions and art, this volume identifies common reputation strategies, explores how points of pride and personal accomplishments were shared with others, and explains responses to merchant activities on the small-scale. The book concludes that merchants invested heavily in their reputations as a way to set themselves apart from common, negative stereotypes without admitting that there was anything shameful about the work they did.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Sancinito\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472133489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472133482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.40w x 1.30d","brand":"Jane Sancinito","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44829772644607,"sku":"9780472133482","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_635cab01-9f31-4ea1-95b9-d83c0f093425.jpg?v=1708451605","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-reputation-of-the-roman-jane-sancinito-9780472133482","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}