Athenian Economy and Society : : A Banking Perspective / / Edward Cohen.
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 banker...
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Cohen, Edward, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Athenian Economy and Society : A Banking Perspective / Edward Cohen. Core Textbook Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2011] ©1992 1 online resource (312 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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 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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Banks and banking History Greece Athens. Banks and banking Greece Athens History. HISTORY / Ancient / Greece. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 print 9780691015927 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400820771 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400820771 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400820771.jpg |
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