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Social Networks in Byzantine Egypt by Giovanni Roberto Ruffini (2008, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-100521895375
ISBN-139780521895378
eBay Product ID (ePID)66016831
Product Key Features
Number of Pages290 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSocial Networks in Byzantine Egypt
SubjectAncient / General, General, Ancient / Egypt, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year2008
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
AuthorGiovanni Roberto Ruffini
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight21.2 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2008-021954
Reviews"The book's pioneering use of social-network theory, underpinned by rigorous quantitative analysis, is a welcome contribution to papyrology and the social history of the Byzantine world. The future of the field looks promising, indeed." The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Elisabeth R. O'Connell, The British Museum, " Ruffini has made an important and provocative addition to modern scholarship on the social history of late antiquity." --BCMR, "The book's pioneering use of social-network theory, underpinned by rigorous quantitative analysis, is a welcome contribution to papyrology and the social history of the Byzantine world. The future of the field looks promising, indeed." <br/<The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Elisabeth R. O'Connell, The British Museum
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal302.40932
Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. The centralized elite of Oxyrhynchos; 2. The growth of the Apions; 3. Aphrodito and the strong ties of village society; 4. Quantifying Aphrodito's social network; Conclusion.
SynopsisThis text was the first book-length application of network analysis to the ancient world. Using the abundant papyrological evidence from sixth-century Oxyrhynchos and Aphrodito in Egypt, it combines a prosopographical survey with computer analyses to reveal much about these communities' social structure., Social network analysis maps relationships and transactions between people and groups. This text was the first book-length application of this method to the ancient world, using the abundant documentary evidence from sixth-century Oxyrhynchos and Aphrodito in Egypt. Professor Ruffini combines a prosopographical survey of both sites with computer analyses of the topographical and social networks in their papyri. He thereby uncovers hierarchical social structures in Oxyrhynchos not present in Aphrodito, and is able for the first time to trace the formation of the famous Apion estate. He can also use quantitative techniques to locate the central players in the Aphrodito social landscape, allowing us to see past the family of Dioskoros to discover the importance of otherwise unknown figures. He argues that the apparent social differences between Oxyrhynchos and Aphrodito in fact represent different levels of geographic scale, both present within the same social model., Social network analysis maps relationships and transactions between people and groups. This is the first book-length application of this method to the ancient world, using the abundant documentary evidence from sixth-century Oxyrhynchos and Aphrodito in Egypt. Professor Ruffini combines a prosopographical survey of both sites with computer analyses of the topographical and social networks in their papyri. He thereby uncovers hierarchical social structures in Oxyrhynchos not present in Aphrodito, and is able for the first time to trace the formation of the famous Apion estate. He can also use quantitative techniques to locate the central players in the Aphrodito social landscape, allowing us to see past the family of Dioskoros to discover the importance of otherwise unknown figures. He argues that the apparent social differences between Oxyrhynchos and Aphrodito in fact represent different levels of geographic scale, both present within the same social model.
LC Classification NumberHN786.A8R84 2008
