Roots of Western Finance - Power, Ethics, and Social Capital in the Ancient World

Informationen zum Autor Thomas K. Park is professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona. Klappentext The Roots of Western Finance takes an anthropological approach to origins of western finance and credit in ancient societies, covering a period from ancient Mesopotamia to the Islamic world in the eleventh century. The authors reveal that credit is not simply an economic transaction; it is a social relationship and a technology of power. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: Mesopotamian Roots of the Modern Financial System Chapter 2: Mesopotamian Financial Innovations Chapter 3: Financing Ancient Egypt's Organizational Economy Chapter 4: Finance and Social Capital in Classical Greece and Rome Chapter 5: Justice to Altruism: Early Judeo-Christian Finance Chapter 6: Islamic Finances and the Eastern Mediterranean Conclusion: Hidden Interests and the Anthropology of Credit Appendix: Technologies of Power and the Metrology of Grain Storage in the Ancient Near East

Produktdetails

• Autoren: James B Greenberg, James B. Greenberg, James B.Greenberg, Thomas K Park, Thomas K. Park, Thomas K. B.greenberg Park, Thomas Kerlin Park, Park Thomas K.
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781498545815
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4581-5
• Seiten: 304
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; History, Finance, HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, HISTORY / Ancient / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, c 2686 to c 323 BCE (Ancient Egyptian period), Finance and the finance industry, Ancient History;Anthropology;Finance, Ancient History; Anthropology; Finance