The invention of coinage and the monetization of ancient Greece / / David M. Schaps
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| Autore: |
Schaps David M
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| Titolo: |
The invention of coinage and the monetization of ancient Greece / / David M. Schaps
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| Pubblicazione: | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (312 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 737.4938 |
| Soggetto topico: | Coins, Greek |
| Coinage - Greece - History - To 1500 | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-272) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | List of Figures; Abbreviations; 1. The Revolutionary Invention; 2. Questions and Controversies; 3. Money before Coinage: The Ancient Near East; 4. Greece before Money: The Bronze Age; 5. Homer: Tripods and Oxen; 6. The Archaic Age: Cauldrons, Spits, and Silver; 7. The First Coins; 8. Money and the Market; 9. The Monetization of Politics; 10. War by Other Means; 11. The Monetization of Labor; 12. Money on the Farm; 13. Using Money to Make Money; 14. Monetization: Limits and Illusions; Appendixes; 1. The Economist and the Historian; 2. Pre-Greek Coinage; 3. Prices in Solon's Day. 4. Unproductive Loans and Unproductive PeopleBibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Reveals how the concept of money did not materialize until the invention of Greek coinage. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Invention of coinage and the monetization of ancient Greece |
| ISBN: | 1-282-69572-X |
| 9786612695728 | |
| 0-472-02533-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820587803321 |
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