| Description |
1 online resource (209 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Explorations in Economic History |
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Routledge explorations in economic history.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1 Ancient Greece, Institutional Change and Economic Analysis -- chapter 2 Historical Background: Ancient Greece from the Demise of the Mycenaean Society to the Death of Alexander the / Great -- chapter 3 The Emergence of the Polis and Its Institutions -- chapter 4 The Road to Democracy Part One: a Structural Approach -- chapter 5 The Road to Democracy Part Two: Institutional Change as Individually Rational Action -- chapter 6 Taxation -- A Ubiquitous Phenomenon If There Is One -- chapter 7 Institutions and Markets -- chapter 8 Economic Analysis of Institutional Change in Ancient Athens -- The Past Meets the Present |
| Summary |
This book presents an economic analysis of the causes and consequences of institutional change in ancient Athens. Focusing on the period 800-300 BCE, it looks in particular at the development of political institutions and taxation, including a new look at the activities of individuals like Solon, Kleisthenes and Perikles and on the changes in political rules and taxation after the Peloponnesian War |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Finance, Public -- Greece -- History
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Economic history
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Finance, Public
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Greece -- Economic conditions -- To 146 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057059
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Greece -- Politics and government -- To 146 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057114
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| Subject |
Greece
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135132897 |
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1135132895 |
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