|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910458505503321 |
|
|
Autore |
Cohen Edward E |
|
|
Titolo |
Athenian economy and society [[electronic resource] ] : a banking perspective / / Edward E. Cohen |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-283-30325-6 |
9786613303257 |
1-4008-2077-4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edizione |
[Core Textbook] |
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (307 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Banks and banking - Greece - Athens - History |
Electronic books. |
Greece History Spartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Market Economy-Banking Reality -- Chapter 2. A Methodological Alternative to the Misuse of Statistics -- Chapter 3. Financial Context and Concepts -- Chapter 4. Wives, Slaves, and the Athenian Banker -- Chapter 5. Banking Operations: "Risk-Laden Revenues from 'Other People's Money' " -- Chapter 6. The Banks' Role in the Economy -- Works Cited -- Index of Passages Cited -- General Index |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
In this ground-breaking analysis of the world's first private banks, Edward Cohen convincingly demonstrates the existence and functioning of a market economy in ancient Athens while revising our understanding of the society itself. Challenging the "primitivistic" view, in which bankers are merely pawnbrokers and money-changers, Cohen reveals that fourth-century Athenian bankers pursued sophisticated transactions. These dealings--although technologically far removed from modern procedures--were in financial essence identical with the lending and deposit-taking that separate true "banks" from other businesses. He further explores how the Athenian banks facilitated tax and creditor avoidance among the wealthy, and how women and slaves |
|
|
|
|