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O'Halloran Barry |
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The political economy of classical Athens : : a naval perspective / / by Barry O'Halloran |
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Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2019 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (381 pages) |
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Collana |
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Mnemosyne supplements, history and archaeology of classical antiquity, , 2352-8656 ; ; Volume 425 |
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Soggetti |
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Navies - Greece - Athens - History |
Sea-power - Economic aspects - Greece - Athens - History |
Athens (Greece) Economic conditions |
Athens (Greece) History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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