Maritime traders in the ancient Greek world / C.M. Reed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reed, C. M. (Charles M.), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greece--Commerce--History.

Greece.

Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 162 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first full work since Hasebroek's Trade and Politics in the Ancient World to deal directly with the place of maritime traders in ancient Greece. Its main assumption is that traders' juridical, economic, political and unofficial standing can only be viewed correctly through the lens of the polis framework. It argues that those engaging in inter-regional trade with classical Athens were mainly poor and foreign (hence politically inert at Athens). Moreover, Athens, as well as other classical Greek poleis, resorted to limited measures, well short of war or other modes of economic imperialism, to attract them. However, at least in the minds of individual Athenians considerations of traders' indispensability to Athens displaced what otherwise would have been low estimations of their social status.

Contents:

Introduction

Coming to terms

Classical modes and patterns of exchange

The juridical place of maritime traders

The level of wealth of maritime traders

Official attitudes toward maritime traders

Unofficial attitudes toward maritime traders

Archaic modes of exchange and the personnel involved, c. 800-475 B.C.

Conclusion : then and now

Appendix 1. Emporoi and nauklēroi : their attested states of origin

Appendix 2. Cohesion of maritime traders

Appendix 3. The dikai emporikai

Appendix 4. Catalogue of emporoi and nauklēroi.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-148) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780511097072

0511097077

9781107126367

1107126363

9780511065286

0511065280

9780511067419

0511067410

9780511482908

0511482906

9781280414480

1280414480

9780511205040

051120504X

9780511180897

0511180896

9780511326479

0511326475

9780521044189

0521044189

Publisher Number:

2027/heb31172 hdl