03740nam 2200673 a 450 991045850550332120210616211734.01-283-30325-697866133032571-4008-2077-410.1515/9781400820771(CKB)1000000000397293(EBL)787350(OCoLC)758334102(SSID)ssj0000083825(PQKBManifestationID)11126219(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000083825(PQKBWorkID)10164219(PQKB)10540793(MiAaPQ)EBC787350(OCoLC)55716232(MdBmJHUP)muse36240(DE-B1597)448012(OCoLC)979623516(DE-B1597)9781400820771(PPN)170262359(Au-PeEL)EBL787350(CaPaEBR)ebr10504757(CaONFJC)MIL330325(EXLCZ)99100000000039729319920312d1992 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrAthenian economy and society[electronic resource] a banking perspective /Edward E. CohenCore TextbookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Pressc19921 online resource (307 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-01592-9 0-691-03609-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 IndexIn 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 played important roles in these family businesses--thereby gaining legal rights entirely unexpected in a society supposedly dominated by an elite of male citizens. Special emphasis is placed on the reflection of Athenian cognitive patterns in financial practices. Cohen shows how transactions were affected by the complementary opposites embedded in the very structure of Athenian language and thought. In turn, his analysis offers great insight into daily Athenian reality and cultural organization.Banks and bankingGreeceAthensHistoryGreeceHistorySpartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.CElectronic books.Banks and bankingHistory.332.1/0938/5Cohen Edward E389113MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458505503321Athenian economy and society284235UNINA01029nam0 2200277 450 00003430120220331143554.020220325d----2016km-y0itay50------baItaITy-------001yy1866-2016150 anni dalla pubblicazione del primo numero degli Atti della Società dei Naturalisti e Matematici di ModenaSocietà dei naturalisti e matematici di ModenaModena,ItaliaMc Offset2016441 p.ill.24cmSocietà dei naturalisti e matematici di Modena147Sulla copertina: Società dei naturalisti e matematici di Modena20011866-20162805913Scienze naturali50022scienza naturali e matematicaSocietà dei naturalisti e matematici di Modena318638ITUNIPARTHENOPE25032022RICAUNIMARC000034301DEP III -021546461NAVA420221866-20162805913UNIPARTHENOPE