Athenian economy and society : a banking perspective
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書誌事項
Athenian economy and society : a banking perspective
(Princeton paperbacks)
Princeton University Press, 1997, c1992
- : pbk
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  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
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注記
Bibliography: p. [225]-253
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
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.
目次
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsCh. 1Market Economy - Banking Reality3The Athenian Economy3The Trapeza as True Bank8Currency Exchange18False Anachronism: The Modern Invention of the Athenian Pawnshop22Ch. 2A Methodological Alternative to the Misuse of Statistics26The Perils of Cliometrics27"Forensic Attestation": An Alternative Approach36Ch. 3Financial Context and Concepts41Freedom from Regulation and Oligopoly42In Lieu of Interest: "Maritime" and "Landed" Yields44Ch. 4Wives, Slaves, and the Athenian Banker61A "Strictly Personal" Business62Assets, Human and Other66Unavailable and Undesirable: Free Citizens as Bank Employees70Slaves and Wives73The Banking Household: A Traditional Form Transformed82Adaptation to Slave Enterprise90Women, Law, and Property101Ch. 5Banking Operations: "Risk-Laden Revenues from 'Other People's Money'"111Obtaining "Other People's Money"114Deploying Other People's Money for Maritime Loans121Maritime Finance136Denial of the Role of Bankers in Sea Finance160The Bankers' Own Money183Ch. 6The Banks' Role in the Economy190The "Invisible Economy"191The Structure of Credit207Bank Failures and Economic History215Works Cited225Index of Passages Cited255General Index269
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