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Honor among thieves : craftsmen, merchants, and associations in Roman and Late Roman Egypt / Philip F. Venticinque.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Venticinque, Philip Frank, author.
- Series:
- New texts from ancient cultures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Guilds--Egypt--History--To 1500.
- Guilds.
- Merchants--Egypt--Societies, etc.
- Merchants.
- Artisans--Egypt--Societies, etc.
- Artisans.
- Egypt--History--30 B.C.-640 A.D.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- Honor Among Thieves examines associations of craftsmen in the framework of ancient economics and transaction costs.Scholars have long viewed such associations primarily as social or religious groups that provided mutual support, proper burial, and sociability, and spaces where nonelite individuals could seek status supposedly denied them in their.
- Contents:
- Charters, transaction costs, and trust
- The business of trust
- Reputation management
- Reputation, rhetoric, and participation
- Associations in legal thought and practice
- Associations in Late Roman Egypt
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-264) and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472122431
- 0472122436
- OCLC:
- 965825593
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.8846491
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