The political economy of classical Athens : a naval perspective / by Barry O'Halloran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Halloran, Barry, author.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 425.

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity

Mnemosyne supplements, history and archaeology of classical antiquity, 2352-8656 ; Volume 425

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sea-power--Economic aspects.

History.

Sea-power.

Navies.

Athens (Greece)--Economic conditions.

Athens (Greece).

Navies--Greece--Athens--History.

Sea-power--Economic aspects--Greece--Athens--History.

Athens (Greece)--History.

Greece--Athens.

Physical Description:

xii, 381 pages : color illustrations, color chart ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Contents:

1 Primitive Positions-the Oikos Debate p. 15

1 The Defining Quartet-Marx, Weber, Polanyi and Finley p. 15

2 The Ancient Economy Post-Finley p. 33

2 New Perspectives p. 37

1 Institutions-the Engines of History p. 37

2 Materialist Man and His Motivations p. 40

3 The Only Constant is Change p. 42

4 Commerce, Conquest and Colonisation p. 43

5 The Malthusian Trap and Economic Efflorescences p. 46

3 Warfare States p. 51

1 Path Dependence p. 51

2 The Political Economies of Athens and Sparta: a Comparative Analysis p. 57

3 The Spartan Naval Mirage p. 70

4 War, Strategy, and the Transition to Triremes p. 76

1 The Gift of Ares and Athenian Conquest Strategy p. 76

2 Emerging Patterns of War p. 77

4 Early Athenian Expansionism p. 84

5 The Transition to Triremes p. 88

6 Private to Polis Navies p. 97

5 The Late Archaic Transition-the Naval Evidence p. 102

1 Athens' 'Turn to the Sea' p. 106

2 Casus Belli p. 112

3 The Athenian Naval Revolution p. 116

4 Themistocles' Naval Expansion p. 119

6 Money, Markets and Naval Procurement p. 128

1 Coinage, Silver and Money Supply p. 128

2 Trireme Costs and Lifespan p. 138

3 Trireme Timber and Naval Procurement p. 141

4 Provisioning the Fleet-a Network of Markets p. 153

7 Naval Institutions-Trierarchy p. 164

1 The Rules of the Game p. 164

2 Liturgy-Delivering Public Goods p. 165

3 Trierarchy-Delivering the Fleet p. 167

4 Trierarchy in Theory and Practice p. 171

5 Trierarchy-Institutional Evolution p. 173

6 Cleruchy-Further Institutional Adaptation p. 177

8 Naval Innovation p. 183

1 The Archaic Fleet and Athenian Defence Strategy p. 183

2 Naval Technological innovation-the Ram p. 190

3 Greek Innovation in Nautical Design p. 198

9 Naval Defence Infrastructure p. 212

1 Shipsheds p. 213

2 The Athenian Circuit Walls p. 217

3 The Piraeus p. 218

4 The Long Walls p. 223

5 Estimating the Costs p. 226

10 Soldiers, Sailors, Citizens p. 229

1 Hoplite Ideology and Its Persistence p. 231

2 Schools of Democracy p. 238

3 Athenian Trireme Crews p. 245

4 Mercenaries, Metics, and Slaves p. 247

5 The Trireme School of Democracy p. 254

11 The Ancient Athenian Naval Economy p. 263

1 Economic Growth p. 263

2 Instrumental Behaviour, Self-Interest, and Markets p. 267

3 The Athenian Labour Market p. 275

4 The Naval Economy p. 279

5 Size Matters p. 285

12 The Wealth of Naval Athens p. 291

1 The Versatile Trireme p. 291

2 Counting the Cost of Naval Deployments p. 294

3 The Business of Empire p. 300

4 Costs of War p. 303

5 Ancient Athenian Keynesians p. 307.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-371) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: O'Halloran, Barry, author. Political economy of classical Athens

ISBN:

9789004386143

9004386149

OCLC:

1080556060