books.google.com - "This volume explores the proposition that the absorption of the Greek world into the Roman empire created a new emphasis upon local identities, much as globalisation in the modern world has done. Localism became the focal point for complex debates: in some cases it was complementary with imperial objectives,...http://books.google.com/books/about/Local_Knowledge_and_Microidentities_in_t.html?id=VFS4qkOp5fQC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareLocal Knowledge and Microidentities in the Imperial Greek World
