Ancient Economies In Comparative Perspective

Author : Marcella Frangipane,Monika Poettinger,Bertram Schefold
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031087639

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Ancient Economies in Comparative Perspective by Marcella Frangipane,Monika Poettinger,Bertram Schefold Pdf

This book investigates 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 various aspects of ancient economies, such as the material living conditions including production technologies, etc.; economic institutions such as markets and coinage; as well as the economic thinking of the time. In the process, it also 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, this comparative perspective makes it possible to identify historical permanencies, but also diverse forms of social and political organization and cultural systems. These institutions are then 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.

Author : Peter Fibiger Bang,Mamoru Ikeguchi,Harmut G. Ziche
Publisher : Edipuglia srl
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9788872284889

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Ancient Economies, Modern Methodologies by Peter Fibiger Bang,Mamoru Ikeguchi,Harmut G. Ziche Pdf

Ancient Economies, Modern Methodologies is a collection of essays which focuses on the art of questioning; it is about ideas and analytical experiment. Ancient economic history has developed enormously since the publication of M.I. Finley’s The Ancient Economy in 1973. Much new material has been brought to bear on the debate on the character of economic life in the Greek and Roman world. But, at the same time, discussions have been going round in circles. This is because not enough attention has been given to the questions ancient historians ask and the concepts with which they approach the economy. In this collection, an attempt is made to renew the terms of the debate by presenting a wide variety of new analytical approaches to ancient economic history ranging from literary theory, cross-cultural comparison, statistical analysis of archaeological data to neo-institutional economics and model-building.

Author : Kenn Hirth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1108796885

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The Organization of Ancient Economies by Kenn Hirth Pdf

Author : Joseph Gilbert Manning,Ian Morris
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0804757550

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The Ancient Economy by Joseph Gilbert Manning,Ian Morris Pdf

Historians and archaeologists normally assume that the economies of ancient Greece and Rome between about 1000 BC and AD 500 were distinct from those of Egypt and the Near East. However, very different kinds of evidence survive from each of these areas, and specialists have, as a result, developed very different methods of analysis for each region. This book marks the first time that historians and archaeologists of Egypt, the Near East, Greece, and Rome have come together with sociologists, political scientists, and economists, to ask whether the differences between accounts of these regions reflect real economic differences in the past, or are merely a function of variations in the surviving evidence and the intellectual traditions that have grown up around it. The contributors describe the types of evidence available and demonstrate the need for clearer thought about the relationships between evidence and models in ancient economic history, laying the foundations for a new comparative account of economic structures and growth in the ancient Mediterranean world.

Author : Kenneth Hirth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108494700

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The Organization of Ancient Economies by Kenneth Hirth Pdf

This is the first book written that examines ancient and premodern economies from a comparative and cross-cultural perspective.

Author : Michael E. Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3774941475

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The Importance of a Comparative Perspective in the Study of Ancient Economies by Michael E. Smith Pdf

Author : Moses I. Finley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520024362

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The Ancient Economy by Moses I. Finley Pdf

"The Ancient Economy holds pride of place among the handful of genuinely influential works of ancient history. This is Finley at the height of his remarkable powers and in his finest role as historical iconoclast and intellectual provocateur. It should be required reading for every student of pre-modern modes of production, exchange, and consumption."--Josiah Ober, author of Political Dissent in Democratic Athens

Author : Paul Cartledge,Edward E. Cohen,Lin Foxhall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134644032

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Money, Labour and Land by Paul Cartledge,Edward E. Cohen,Lin Foxhall Pdf

The cultural wealth of the classical Greek world was matched by its material wealth, and there is abundant textual and archaeological evidence for both. However, radically different theoretical and methodological approaches have been used to interpret this evidence, and conflicts continue to rage as these different starting points produce clashing views on the significance and distribution of money, labour and land. Money, Labour and Land reflects the current explosion in ideas and research by assembling case-studies from an international selection of renowned US, British and European scholars. Drawing on comparative historical and anthropological approaches, sociological, economic and cultural theory, and developments in epigraphy, legal history, numismatics and spatial archaeology, this volume will be of interest to all students and scholars of ancient economies.

Author : M. I. Finley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780520219465

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The Ancient Economy by M. I. Finley Pdf

"The Ancient Economy holds pride of place among the handful of genuinely influential works of ancient history. This is Finley at the height of his remarkable powers and in his finest role as historical iconoclast and intellectual provocateur. It should be required reading for every student of pre-modern modes of production, exchange, and consumption."—Josiah Ober, author of Political Dissent in Democratic Athens

Author : Walter Scheidel,Sitta von Reden
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 041594189X

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The Ancient Economy by Walter Scheidel,Sitta von Reden Pdf

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Paul Cartledge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415510554

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Money, Labour and Land by Paul Cartledge Pdf

The cultural wealth of the classical Greek world was matched by its material wealth, and there is abundant textual and archaeological evidence for both. However, radically different theoretical and methodological approaches have been used to interpret this evidence, and conflicts continue to rage as these different starting points produce clashing views on the significance and distribution of money, labour and land. Money, Labour and Land reflects the current explosion in ideas and research by assembling case-studies from an international selection of renowned US, British and European scholars. Drawing on comparative historical and anthropological approaches, sociological, economic and cultural theory, and developments in epigraphy, legal history, numismatics and spatial archaeology, this volume will be of interest to all students and scholars of ancient economies.

Author : Moses I. Finley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1985-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0520054520

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The Ancient Economy by Moses I. Finley Pdf

Author : Society for American Archaeology. Annual Meeting
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781607323709

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Archaeological Approaches to Market Exchange in Ancient Societies by Society for American Archaeology. Annual Meeting Pdf

Ancient market activities are dynamic in the economies of most ancient states, yet they have received little research from the archaeological community. Archaeological Approaches to Market Exchange in Ancient Societies is the first book to address the development, change, and organizational complexity of ancient markets from a comparative archaeological perspective. Drawing from historical documents and archaeological records from Mesoamerica, the U.S. Southwest, East Africa, and the Andes, this volume reveals the complexity of ancient marketplace development and economic behavior both in hierarchical and non-hierarchical societies. Highlighting four principal themes-the defining characteristics of market exchange; the recognition of market exchange archaeologically; the relationship among market, political, and other social institutions; and the conditions in which market systems develop and change-the book contains a strong methodological and theoretical focus on market exchange. Diverse contributions from noted scholars show the history of market exchange and other activities to be more dynamic than scholars previously appreciated. Archaeological Approaches to Market Exchange in Ancient Societies will be of interest to archaeologists, anthropologists, material-culture theorists, economists, and historians.

Author : M.I. Finley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1419344119

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Ancient Economy by M.I. Finley Pdf

Author : Morris Silver
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032765348

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Economic Structures of the Ancient Near East by Morris Silver Pdf

Economic Structures of the Ancient Near East (1985) is a political economy of antiquity which applies the universal conclusions of theoretical economics to the interpretation of economic life. The first part of the book shows that the analysis of transaction costs - that is, the resources used up in exchanging ownership rights including costs of communication and of designing and enforcing contracts - provides numerous insights into the structure of the ancient economy. The role of temples as centres of commerce, inculcation of professional standards by gods, elevation of technology to the status of divine gift, religious syncretism and fetishism and many more seemingly exotic practices are comprehended as elements in a strategy to cope with high transaction costs by increasing the stock of what might be called trust capital. It is shown that similar considerations lie behind the ubiquity of diversified, multinational family firms, the prominent entrepreneurial role of high-born women, the prominence within the contractual process of publicly performed conventional gestures and recitations, and the intrusion of gifts, friendship, and other manifestations of personal economics into exchange relationships. The book goes on to examine carefully, and then reject, the view of economic historian Karl Polanyi and others that the ancient Near East lacked true markets for consumer goods and productive factors. The direct evidence of market exchange (local and long distance), occupational specialisation, supply-demand determined prices, investment in material and human capital, production for the market, and other 'modern' traits is uneven with respect to place and time, but nevertheless abundant. The requisite market functions demanded by Polanyi, including a market for labour (slave and free) and elaborate credit and investment markets, can be seen plainly from very early times. Finally, the book deals with the impact on the ancient Near Eastern economy of changes in economic incentives and of changes in economic policy. It becomes evident that ancient economies were capable of making profound alterations in order to take advantage of new economic opportunities. It is also shown that the ancient Near East was not static, as is usually asserted: periods of pervasive economic regulation by the state are interspersed with lengthy periods of relatively unfettered market activity and growth.