The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy : Institutions, Markets, and Growth in the City-States / Alain Bresson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bresson, Alain, author.

Contributor:

Rendall, Steven.

Series:

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton scholarship online

Standardized Title:

Économie de la Grece des cites. English

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (649 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Expanded Contents

List Of Figures

List Of Tables

Introduction

I. The Economy of Ancient Greece: A Conceptual Framework

Structures And Production

II. People in Their Environment

III. Energy, Economy, and Transport Cost

IV. The Polis and the Economy

V. Agricultural Production

VI. The Economy of the Agricultural World

VII. Nonagricultural Production, Capital, and Innovation

VIII. The Logic of Growth

Market and Trade

IX. The Institutions of the Domestic Market

X. Money and Credit

XI. City-States, Taxes, and Trade

XII. The Emporion and the Markets

XIII. International Trade Networks

XIV. Strategies of International Trade

XV. The Greek Cities and the Market

Appendix: Weights, Measures, And Currency Units

Abbreviations

Notes

Sources

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Originally published in 2 vols.: Paris : Armand Colin, c2007 and c2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-602) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9781400852451

1400852455

OCLC:

1080551616