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

Informationen zum Autor By Thomas K. Park and James B.Greenberg 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 IntroductionChapter 1: Mesopotamian Roots of the Modern Financial SystemChapter 2: Mesopotamian Financial InnovationsChapter 3: Financing Ancient Egypt's Organizational EconomyChapter 4: Finance and Social Capital in Classical Greece and RomeChapter 5: Justice to Altruism: Early Judeo-Christian FinanceChapter 6: Islamic Finances and the Eastern MediterraneanConclusion: Hidden Interests and the Anthropology of CreditAppendix: Technologies of Power and the Metrology of Grain Storage in the Ancient Near East

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• Authors: 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.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781498545815
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4581-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); 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, Ancient History;Anthropology;Finance