The Cambridge Companion to the Ancient Greek Economy

by: von Reden, S.

 The Cambridge companion to the ancient Greek economy
Author:Sitta von Reden (Editor)

The Introduction to this Companion sets out the chronological and geographical frame as well as the main issues in the study of the ancient Greek economy. It is targeted at a readership with no prior knowledge of the ancient economy and emphasises the importance of understanding economic structures, economic change and the causes for change. As research on the ancient economy is dependent on theoretical assumptions about the nature and causation of economic change, a special section of the Companion is devoted to the discussion of the most important theoretical approaches to the ancient Greek economy. Other sections treat key themes of the ancient Greek economy, such as taxation, money, markets and labour regimes, as well as network approaches that are currently at the centre of research on ancient economies. A chronologically narrow but geographically wide perspective is taken on the Greek economy, including the Hellenistic economies in Egypt and the Near East, but excluding Greek economies in the Western Mediterranean and those, in the Eastern Mediterranean, that continued to be dominated by Greek language and culture and therefore still might be termed Greek under the Roman Empire

Contents:
1. Introduction Sitta Von Reden; Part I. Diachronic Perspectives: 2. Early iron age economies Irene S. Lemos; 3. The Archaic period Hans Van Wees; 4. The classical period Emily Mackil; 5. Hellenistic economies Sitta Von Reden; Part II. Regional Perspectives: 6. Asia minor Andreas Victor Walser; 7. Northern Greece and the Black sea Zosia H. Archibald; 8. Athens and the Aegean Sylvian Fachard and Alain Bresson; 9. Egypt and the Ptolemaic empire Christelle Fisher-Bovet; 10. Hellenistic Babylonia Hilmar Klinkott; Part III. Structures and Processes: 11. Population Ben Akrigg; 12. Consumption, nutrition and the grain supply John Wilkins; 13. The agricultural economy Daniel Jew; 14. The non-agricultural economy: Artisans, traders, women and slaves Daniel Jew; 15. Markets Alain Bresson; 16. Money, credit and banking David M. Schaps; 17. Dispute Resolution Kaja Harter-Uibopuu; 18. Taxation and tribute Andrew Monson; Part IV. Networks: 19. Religious networks Veronique Chankowski; 20. Monetary networks Peter Van Alfen; 21. Social networks, associations and trade Vincent Gabrielsen; Part V. Performance: 22. Political economy and the growth of markets and capital Armin Eich; 23. New institutional economics, economic growth and institutional change Sitta Von Reden and Barbara Kowalzig; 24. Regionalism, federalism and mediterranean connectivity Emily Mackil; 25. Climate, environment and resources Sturt W. Manning; 26. Technological progress Serafina Cuomo; 27. Inequality Josiah Ober and Walter Scheidel; Bibliography.

Series:
Cambridge companions to the ancient world

xxii, 482 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

The Cambridge Companion to the Ancient Greek Economy

by: von Reden, S.

• ISBN-13: 9781108404846 / 978-1-108-40484-6
• ISBN-03: 1108404847 / 1-108-40484-7
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2022