The Making of the Ancient Greek Economy: Institutions, Markets, and Growth in the City-States

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Author(s): Alain Bresson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year: 2015

Language: English
Pages: 775

Cover Page......Page 2
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Expanded Contents......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 15
List of Tables......Page 16
Introduction......Page 18
I The Economy of Ancient Greece: A Conceptual Framework......Page 28
Structures and Production......Page 65
II People in Their Environment......Page 66
III Energy, Economy, and Transport Cost......Page 119
IV The Polis and the Economy......Page 152
V Agricultural Production......Page 181
VI The Economy of the Agricultural World......Page 213
VII Nonagricultural Production, Capital, and Innovation......Page 256
VIII The Logic of Growth......Page 287
Market and Trade......Page 319
IX The Institutions of the Domestic Market......Page 320
X Money and Credit......Page 367
XI City-States, Taxes, and Trade......Page 402
XII The Emporion and the Markets......Page 429
XIII International Trade Networks......Page 473
XIV Strategies of International Trade......Page 529
XV The Greek Cities and the Market......Page 574
Appendix: Weights, Measures, and Currency Units......Page 606
Abbreviations......Page 608
Notes......Page 613
Sources......Page 688
Bibliography......Page 692
Index......Page 752