Ancient economies in comparative perspective : material life, institutions and economic thought / Marcella Frangipane, Monika Poettinger, Bertram Schefold, editors.
Frangipane, M. (Marcella), editor.; Poettinger, Monika, editor.; Schefold, Bertram, 1943- editor.
2022
HC31 .A53 2022eb
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Title Ancient economies in comparative perspective : material life, institutions and economic thought / Marcella Frangipane, Monika Poettinger, Bertram Schefold, editors.
ISBN 9783031087639 (electronic bk.)
3031087631 (electronic bk.)
9783031087622
3031087623
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08763-9
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource (vi, 371 pages : illustrations, maps).
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-08763-9 doi
Call Number HC31 .A53 2022eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 330.93
Summary This volume addresses the economic organization of ancient societies from a comparative perspective. By pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, including contributions by archaeologists, historians of antiquity, economic historians as well as historians of economic thought, it studies different aspects of ancient economies, such as the material living conditions, including production technologies, etc., economic institutions, such as markets or coinage, as wekk as the economic thinking of the time. It hereby explores the comparability of economic thought, economic institutions and economic systems in ancient history. Focusing on the Ancient Near East as well as the Mediterranean, including Greece and Rome, the comparative perspective makes it possible to identify historical permanencies, but also diverse forms of social and political organization and cultural systems. These institutions are evaluated in terms of their capacity to solve economic problems, such as the efficient use of resources or political stability. The first part of the book introduces readers to the methodological context of the comparative approach, including an evaluation of the related historiographical tradition. Subsequent parts discuss a range of development models, elements of economic thinking in ancient societies, the role of trade and globalization, and the use of monetary and financial instruments, as well as political aspects.
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Added Author Frangipane, M. (Marcella), editor.
Poettinger, Monika, editor.
Schefold, Bertram, 1943- editor.
Series Frontiers in economic history.
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Introduction
Part I. Methodology for the Economic History and the History of Economic Thought of Antiquity
Ancient Economies: The Challenge of Mapping Complexity
The Significance of Economic Knowledge for Welfare and Economic Growth in History
For a Comparative History of Economic Thought
Economics as a Comparative Science from the Historical School to Otto Neurath
Archaeological Evidence of the Political Economy in Pre-State and Early State Societies in the Near East. Mesopotamia and Anatolia, Some Remarks and Comparisons
Mesopotamia Between Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Models
Political/Ideological Display or Economic Need? The Problematical Picture of the Hydraulic Networks in Seventh Century BC Assyria
The 'Many Faces' of the Roman Economy: Modern Preconceptions and Some Considerations on Capital, Technology, and Labour
Weight-Based Trade and the Formation of a Global Network: Material Correlates of Market Exchange in Pre-literate Bronze Age Europe (c. 2300-800 BC)
Specialisation, Exchanges and Socio-Economic Strategies of Italian Bronze Age Elites: The Case of Aegean-Type Pottery
The Economic and Productive Processes in the Hellenistic 'Globalization': From the Archaeological Documentation to the Historical Reconstruction
New Institutional Economics and the Rhodian Economy: Some Preliminary Considerations
The Edicts of Debt Remission: A Political Tool of Economic Intervention
Some Observations on the Development of a Sacred Economy from the Archaic Age up to Hellenism
Debt and Usury: Economic and Financial Questions in the Roman Republic (Fifth-First Century B.C.)
The Two-Way Relationship Between Freedman and Business in the Roman World
Slaves Sales in the Roman Empire and Perspectives of Comparison.

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