The Ancient Greek Economy: Markets, Households and City-States

Cambridge University Press
Edition: Reprint, 4/12/2018
EAN 9781108456173, ISBN10: 1108456170

Paperback, 490 pages, 25.4 x 17.8 x 2.8 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English

The Ancient Greek Economy: Markets, Households and City-States brings together sixteen essays by leading scholars of the ancient Greek economy specialising in history, economics, archaeology and numismatics. Marshalling a wide array of evidence, these essays investigate and analyse the role of market-exchange in the economy of the ancient Greek world, demonstrating the central importance of markets for production and exchange of goods and services during the Classical and Hellenistic periods. Contributors draw on evidence from literary texts and inscriptions, household archaeology, amphora studies and numismatics. Together, the essays provide an original and compelling approach to the issue of explaining economic growth in the ancient Greek world.

1. Introduction Edward M. Harris and David M. Lewis
Part I. Creating the Foundations of Market Exchange
The Role of the State
2. Aristotle and foreign trade Alain Bresson
3. Forging links between communities
trade policy in Classical Athens Mark Woolmer
4. Choosing and changing monetary standards in the Greek world during the Archaic and the Classical periods Selene Psoma
5. The legal foundations of economic growth in ancient Greece
the role of property records Edward M. Harris
Part II. Household Production for Markets
6. Industry structure and income opportunities for households in Classical Athens Peter Acton
7. Whole cloth
exploring the Greek economy through the evidence for textile manufacture and purchase in Greek houses Barbara Tsakirgis
8. Producing for the market
estate economy in Northern Greece during the Hellenistic period Evi Margaritis
Part III. Markets and Trade Networks
The Evidence of Transport Amphoras
9. Patterns of amphora stamp distribution
tracking down export tendencies Tania Panagou
10. The markets for Thasian wine Chavdar Tzochev
11. Transport amphoras and market behavior in the economies of Classical and Hellenistic Greece Mark L. Lawall
Part IV. Markets, Commodities and Trade Networks
12. An overview of commodities in long-distance trade 500–300 BCE Peter van Alfen
13. Towards a general theory of long-distance trade
aromatics as a case study John K. Davies
14. The market for slaves in the fifth and fourth century Aegean
Achaemenid Anatolia as a case study David M. Lewis
15. 'Vita humanior sine sale non quit degere'
demand for salt and salt trade patterns in the ancient Greek world Cristina Carusi
16. Classical Greek trade in comparative perspective Geoffrey Kron.