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.
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.
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.
Inhaltsangabe
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
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
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