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The Political Economy of Classical Athens

Author : Barry O’Halloran
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004386157
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of Classical Athens written by Barry O’Halloran and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently there has been a welcome revival of scholarly interest in the economy of classical Greece. In the face of increasingly compelling arguments for the existence of a market economy in classical Athens, the Finleyan orthodoxy is finally relinquishing its long dominion. In this book, Barry O’Halloran seeks to contribute to this renewed debate by re-interrogating the ancient evidence using more recent economic interpretative frameworks. The aim is to re-evaluate accepted orthodoxies and present the economic history of this emblematic city-state in a new light. More specifically, it analyses the economic foundations of Athens through the prism of its navy. Its macroeconomic approach utilises an employment-demand model through which enormous naval defence expenditures created an exceptional period of demand-led economic growth.

Population and Economy in Classical Athens

Author : Ben Akrigg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107027098
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Population and Economy in Classical Athens written by Ben Akrigg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systematically explores the changing size and structure of the population of classical Athens and the implications for economic history.

The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece

Author : Josiah Ober
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691173141
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece written by Josiah Ober and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major new history of classical Greece—how it rose, how it fell, and what we can learn from it Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era, Greece was densely populated and highly urbanized. Many surprisingly healthy Greeks lived in remarkably big houses and worked for high wages at specialized occupations. Middle-class spending drove sustained economic growth and classical wealth produced a stunning cultural efflorescence lasting hundreds of years. Why did Greece reach such heights in the classical period—and why only then? And how, after "the Greek miracle" had endured for centuries, did the Macedonians defeat the Greeks, seemingly bringing an end to their glory? Drawing on a massive body of newly available data and employing novel approaches to evidence, Josiah Ober offers a major new history of classical Greece and an unprecedented account of its rise and fall. Ober argues that Greece's rise was no miracle but rather the result of political breakthroughs and economic development. The extraordinary emergence of citizen-centered city-states transformed Greece into a society that defeated the mighty Persian Empire. Yet Philip and Alexander of Macedon were able to beat the Greeks in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE, a victory made possible by the Macedonians' appropriation of Greek innovations. After Alexander's death, battle-hardened warlords fought ruthlessly over the remnants of his empire. But Greek cities remained populous and wealthy, their economy and culture surviving to be passed on to the Romans—and to us. A compelling narrative filled with uncanny modern parallels, this is a book for anyone interested in how great civilizations are born and die. This book is based on evidence available on a new interactive website. To learn more, please visit: http://polis.stanford.edu/.

The Economy of Classical Athens

Author : Emmanouil M. L. M.L. Economou
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000984036
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Economy of Classical Athens written by Emmanouil M. L. M.L. Economou and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-06 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In parallel to the development of democracy, the Athenians of the Classical period established a series of sophisticated economic institutions for the time through which they developed a maritime and commercially oriented economy. This book provides a thorough analysis of this transformation and the functioning of the Athenian economy during the Classical period. Through the approach of New Institutional Economics (NIE), the book explores the establishment of key institutions including property rights protection, the legal protection of commercial contracts, prices determined by the forces of supply and demand, institutions against profiteering, banking services, the provision of loans through interest rates, consumer credit, insurance companies and a (primitive) version of joint-stock companies. Furthermore, the book focuses on the structure of the public sector, on how the state budget was determined and on how decisions on public revenues and expenditures were made. It also provides an integrated and detailed analysis of the social welfare policies that were implemented through the provision of a variety of public goods in Classical Athens. Moreover, it focuses on a series of socio-economic aspects such as the social status of women, slaves and foreigners and the viewpoints of prominent Athenian philosophers regarding economic organization. Finally, the book investigates whether an Athenian economic-political model of governance, based on a combination of advanced economic institutions (of free market type logic, even if in a primordial form) and direct democracy principles, can provide any lessons for modern societies. The book will be of great interest to readers of the economy, history and society of Ancient Greece as well as economic historians, ancient historians and policymakers more broadly.

The Ancient Greek Economy

Author : Edward M. Harris
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107035880
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Greek Economy written by Edward M. Harris and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Markets, Households and City-States in the Ancient Greek Economy brings together sixteen essays by leading scholars of the ancient Greek economy. The essays investigate the role of market-exchange in the economy of the ancient Greek world in the Classical and Hellenistic periods.

Wages, Welfare Costs, and Inflation in Classical Athens

Author : William T. Loomis
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472108039
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Wages, Welfare Costs, and Inflation in Classical Athens written by William T. Loomis and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A seminal reference and analysis of wages and costs in Athens

Making Money in Ancient Athens

Author : Michael Leese
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472132768
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Making Money in Ancient Athens written by Michael Leese and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how ancient Athenians made economic decisions

Athenian Economy and Society

Author : Edward Cohen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400820774
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Athenian Economy and Society written by Edward Cohen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-07 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 bankers are merely pawnbrokers and money-changers, Cohen reveals that fourth-century Athenian bankers pursued sophisticated transactions. These dealings--although technologically far removed from modern procedures--were in financial essence identical with the lending and deposit-taking that separate true "banks" from other businesses. He further explores how the Athenian banks facilitated tax and creditor avoidance among the wealthy, and how women and slaves played important roles in these family businesses--thereby gaining legal rights entirely unexpected in a society supposedly dominated by an elite of male citizens. Special emphasis is placed on the reflection of Athenian cognitive patterns in financial practices. Cohen shows how transactions were affected by the complementary opposites embedded in the very structure of Athenian language and thought. In turn, his analysis offers great insight into daily Athenian reality and cultural organization.

Economy and Economics of Ancient Greece

Author : Takeshi Amemiya
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135991707
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)

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Download or read book Economy and Economics of Ancient Greece written by Takeshi Amemiya and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-02-08 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing the dearth of literature that has been written on this key aspect of economic history, Takeshi Amemiya, a well known leading economist based at Stanford University, analyzes the two diametrically opposed views about the exact nature of the ancient Greek economy, putting together a broad and comprehensive survey that is unprecedented in t

The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy

Author : Alain Bresson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400852455
Total Pages : 649 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy written by Alain Bresson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revolutionary account of the ancient Greek economy This comprehensive introduction to the ancient Greek economy revolutionizes our understanding of the subject and its possibilities. Alain Bresson is one of the world's leading authorities in the field, and he is helping to redefine it. Here he combines a thorough knowledge of ancient sources with innovative new approaches grounded in recent economic historiography to provide a detailed picture of the Greek economy between the last century of the Archaic Age and the closing of the Hellenistic period. Focusing on the city-state, which he sees as the most important economic institution in the Greek world, Bresson addresses all of the city-states rather than only Athens. An expanded and updated English edition of an acclaimed work originally published in French, the book offers a groundbreaking new theoretical framework for studying the economy of ancient Greece; presents a masterful survey and analysis of the most important economic institutions, resources, and other factors; and addresses some major historiographical debates. Among the many topics covered are climate, demography, transportation, agricultural production, market institutions, money and credit, taxes, exchange, long-distance trade, and economic growth. The result is an unparalleled demonstration that, unlike just a generation ago, it is possible today to study the ancient Greek economy as an economy and not merely as a secondary aspect of social or political history. This is essential reading for students, historians of antiquity, and economic historians of all periods.

Honor and Profit

Author : Darel Tai Engen
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472116347
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Honor and Profit written by Darel Tai Engen and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new assessment of the ancient Athenian economy relying on fresh documentary evidence

The Ancient Economy

Author : Moses I. Finley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520024366
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Economy written by Moses I. Finley and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Ancient Economy holds pride of place among the handful of genuinely influential works of ancient history. This is Finley at the height of his remarkable powers and in his finest role as historical iconoclast and intellectual provocateur. It should be required reading for every student of pre-modern modes of production, exchange, and consumption."--Josiah Ober, author of Political Dissent in Democratic Athens

Skilled Labour and Professionalism in Ancient Greece and Rome

Author : Edmund Stewart
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108839479
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Skilled Labour and Professionalism in Ancient Greece and Rome written by Edmund Stewart and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume seeks to reassess ancient Greek and Roman society and its economy in examining skilled labour and professionalism.

Daily Life in Classical Athens

Author : Emmanouil M. L. Economou
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031585410
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Daily Life in Classical Athens written by Emmanouil M. L. Economou and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Status in Classical Athens

Author : Deborah E Kamen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400846536
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Status in Classical Athens written by Deborah E Kamen and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-21 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Greek literature, Athenian civic ideology, and modern classical scholarship have all worked together to reinforce the idea that there were three neatly defined status groups in classical Athens--citizens, slaves, and resident foreigners. But this book--the first comprehensive account of status in ancient democratic Athens--clearly lays out the evidence for a much broader and more complex spectrum of statuses, one that has important implications for understanding Greek social and cultural history. By revealing a social and legal reality otherwise masked by Athenian ideology, Deborah Kamen illuminates the complexity of Athenian social structure, uncovers tensions between democratic ideology and practice, and contributes to larger questions about the relationship between citizenship and democracy. Each chapter is devoted to one of ten distinct status groups in classical Athens (451/0-323 BCE): chattel slaves, privileged chattel slaves, conditionally freed slaves, resident foreigners (metics), privileged metics, bastards, disenfranchised citizens, naturalized citizens, female citizens, and male citizens. Examining a wide range of literary, epigraphic, and legal evidence, as well as factors not generally considered together, such as property ownership, corporal inviolability, and religious rights, the book demonstrates the important legal and social distinctions that were drawn between various groups of individuals in Athens. At the same time, it reveals that the boundaries between these groups were less fixed and more permeable than Athenians themselves acknowledged. The book concludes by trying to explain why ancient Greek literature maintains the fiction of three status groups despite a far more complex reality.

Courtesans and Fishcakes

Author : James N. Davidson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226137430
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Courtesans and Fishcakes written by James N. Davidson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-06-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As any reader of the Symposium knows, the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates conversed over lavish banquets, kept watch on who was eating too much fish, and imbibed liberally without ever getting drunk. In other words, James Davidson writes, he reflected the culture of ancient Greece in which he lived, a culture of passions and pleasures, of food, drink, and sex before—and in concert with—politics and principles. Athenians, the richest and most powerful of the Greeks, were as skilled at consuming as their playwrights were at devising tragedies. Weaving together Greek texts, critical theory, and witty anecdotes, this compelling and accessible study teaches the reader a great deal, not only about the banquets and temptations of ancient Athens, but also about how to read Greek comedy and history.

Economic Equality and Direct Democracy in Ancient Athens

Author : Larry Patriquin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137503483
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Economic Equality and Direct Democracy in Ancient Athens written by Larry Patriquin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-05 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that ancient democracy did not stop at the door of economic democracy, and that ancient Athens has much to tell us about the relationship between political equality and economic equality. Athenian democracy rested on a foundation of general economic equality, which enabled citizens to challenge their exclusion from politics.