LEADER 03734nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910784608803321 005 20230807203752.0 010 $a1-283-30325-6 010 $a9786613303257 010 $a1-4008-2077-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400820771 035 $a(CKB)1000000000397293 035 $a(EBL)787350 035 $a(OCoLC)758334102 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000083825 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11126219 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000083825 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10164219 035 $a(PQKB)10540793 035 $a(OCoLC)55716232 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36240 035 $a(DE-B1597)448012 035 $a(OCoLC)979623516 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400820771 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL787350 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10504757 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL330325 035 $a(dli)HEB00360 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000003865526 035 $a(PPN)170262359 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC787350 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000397293 100 $a19920312d1992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAthenian economy and society $ea banking perspective /$fEdward E. Cohen 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc1992 215 $a1 online resource (307 pages) 311 0 $a0-691-01592-9 311 0 $a0-691-03609-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tChapter 1. Market Economy-Banking Reality --$tChapter 2. A Methodological Alternative to the Misuse of Statistics --$tChapter 3. Financial Context and Concepts --$tChapter 4. Wives, Slaves, and the Athenian Banker --$tChapter 5. Banking Operations: "Risk-Laden Revenues from 'Other People's Money' " --$tChapter 6. The Banks' Role in the Economy --$tWorks Cited --$tIndex of Passages Cited --$tGeneral Index 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aBanks and banking$zGreece$zAthens$xHistory 607 $aGreece$xHistory$ySpartan and Theban Supremacies, 404-362 B.C 615 0$aBanks and banking$xHistory. 676 $a332.1/0938/5 700 $aCohen$b Edward E$0389113 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784608803321 996 $aAthenian economy and society$9284235 997 $aUNINA