The invention of coinage and the monetization of ancient Greece
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Author
Publication
2004 - University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Language
English
Word Count
73,250 words, Guess
Page Count
293 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3688946M
- ISBN-10047211333X
- OCLC Control Number52575558
- OCLC Control Numberinventionofcoina0000scha
- Library of Congress Control Number2003055998
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- Goodreads4655724
- LibraryThing323832
Classifications
- DDC737.4938
- LCCCJ335 .S3 2004
Description
"The invention of coinage was a conceptual revolution, not a technological one. Only with the invention of Greek coinage does the concept "money" clearly materialize in history. Coinage appeared at a moment when it fulfilled an essential need in Greek society, bringing with it rationalization and social leveling in some respects, while simultaneously producing new illusions, paradoxes, and elites. In an argument of interest to scholars of ancient history and archaeology as well as to modern economists, David M. Schaps addresses a range of issues pertaining to major shifts in ancient economies, including money, exchange, and economic organization in the Near East and Greece before the introduction of coinage; the invention of coinage and the reasons for its adoption; and the development of using money to generate greater wealth."--
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