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

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Thomas K. Park is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona.

James B. Greenberg is professor of anthropology and senior research anthropologist at the University of Arizona.

Product details

• Authors: James B Greenberg, B. Greenberg, James B. Greenberg, James B.Greenberg, Park, Thomas K Park, Thomas K. Park, Thomas K. B.greenberg Park, Park Thomas K.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9781498545839
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4583-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Europe, European History, Finance, HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Medieval History, Ancient World, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, c 2686 to c 323 BCE (Ancient Egyptian period), Finance and the finance industry, Ancient History;Anthropology;Finance