The Ancient Greek Economy: Markets, Households and City-States

ISBN-13: 9781107035881 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 485 str.

Edward M. Harris

Opis

The Ancient Greek Economy: Markets, Households and City-States brings together sixteen essays by leading scholars of the ancient Greek economy.

Recenzje

'All in all the arguments are very persuasive - more so possibly than the authors are prepared to admit. At a recent reception I was firmly told that the Greeks had no concept of economic theory because Aristotle would have said so if they had. I wish that that I had read this exciting compilation before that discussion.' Classics For All

Spis treści

1. Introduction Edward M. Harris and David M. Lewis; Part I. Creating the Foundations of Market Exchange: The Role of the State: 2. Aristotle and foreign trade Alain Bresson; 3. Forging links between communities: trade policy in Classical Athens Mark Woolmer; 4. Choosing and changing monetary standards in the Greek world during the Archaic and the Classical periods Selene Psoma; 5. The legal foundations of economic growth in ancient Greece: the role of property records Edward M. Harris; Part II. Household Production for Markets: 6. Industry structure and income opportunities for households in Classical Athens Peter Acton; 7. Whole cloth: exploring the Greek economy through the evidence for textile manufacture and purchase in Greek houses Barbara Tsakirgis; 8. Producing for the market: estate economy in Northern Greece during the Hellenistic period Evi Margaritis; Part III. Markets and Trade Networks: The Evidence of Transport Amphoras: 9. Patterns of amphora stamp distribution: tracking down export tendencies Tania Panagou; 10. The markets for Thasian wine Chavdar Tzochev; 11. Transport amphoras and market behavior in the economies of Classical and Hellenistic Greece Mark L. Lawall; Part IV. Markets, Commodities and Trade Networks: 12. An overview of commodities in long-distance trade 500–300 BCE Peter van Alfen; 13. Towards a general theory of long-distance trade: aromatics as a case study John K. Davies; 14. The market for slaves in the fifth and fourth century Aegean: Achaemenid Anatolia as a case study David M. Lewis; 15. 'Vita humanior sine sale non quit degere': demand for salt and salt trade patterns in the ancient Greek world Cristina Carusi; 16. Classical Greek trade in comparative perspective Geoffrey Kron.