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I hope to provide evidence for the value of a historiographical approach not just to the writers of the past but to those of the present. Collingwood's Roman Britain was an orderly place containing a hint of Ruskinian idealism; Fulford's is imbued with rather harsh late twentieth-century judgements when its economy fails to operate rationally. It is difficult to avoid seeing reflections of their professional contexts - the detachment permitted by Collingwood's privileged upbringing and Oxford chair, and the Realpolitik essential to Fulford's role in institutional and national academic management. My own Roman Britain is a place of uncertainty, devoid of meaning (in the sense of measuring progress, or learning lessons from the past). However, worries about the impact of global capitalism lead me to be suspicious about explanations of past economic behaviour that appear to reflect or even validate the configuration of the present.
Author(s): Greene K
Editor(s): Bruhn, J., Croxford, B., Grigoropoulos D.
Publication type: Book Chapter
Publication status: Published
Book Title: TRAC 2004: Proceedings of the 12th Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Durham
Year: 2005
Pages: 1-15
Publisher: Oxbow
Place Published: Oxford, UK
Notes: Scrutiny of approaches to the economy of Roman Britain, and the influence of Ruskin, Collingwood, Fulford and others on the interpretation of pottery.
Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item
ISBN: 9781842171738
