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The political economy of classical Athens : a naval perspective / by Barry O'Halloran.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Halloran, Barry, author.
- Series:
- Mnemosyne, Supplements 425.
- Mnemosyne supplements, history and archaeology of classical antiquity, 2352-8656 ; Volume 425
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Navies--Greece--Athens--History.
- Navies.
- Sea-power--Economic aspects--Greece--Athens--History.
- Sea-power.
- Athens (Greece)--Economic conditions.
- Athens (Greece).
- Athens (Greece)--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (381 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Preface
- Introduction
- Primitive Positions—the Oikos Debate
- New Perspectives
- Warfare States
- War, Strategy and the Transition to Triremes
- The Late Archaic Transition—the Naval Evidence
- Money, Markets and Naval Procurement
- Naval Institutions—Trierarchy
- Naval Innovation
- Naval Defence Infrastructure
- Soldiers, Sailors, Citizens
- The Ancient Athenian Naval Economy
- The Wealth of Naval Athens
- Conclusions
- Back Matter
- Appendix: Sources
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-38615-7
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004386150 DOI
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