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Athenian economy and society : a banking perspective /

In this ground-breaking analysis of the world's first private banks, Edward Cohen convincingly demonstrates the existence and functioning of a market economy in ancient Athens while revising our understanding of the society itself. Challenging the "primitivistic" view, in which banker...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cohen, Edward E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2011]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Market Economy-Banking Reality; Chapter 2: A Methodological Alternative to the Misuse of Statistics; Chapter 3: Financial Context and Concepts; Chapter 4: Wives, Slaves, and the Athenian Banker; Chapter 5: Banking Operations: "Risk-Laden Revenues from Other People's Money'"; Chapter 6: The Banks' Role in the Economy; Works Cited; Index of Passages Cited; General Index.