| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 271 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 13 |
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Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 13.
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| Contents |
Part, Part I INDIAN ECONOMIC THOUGHT -- chapter INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 THE CONCEPTS OF HAPPINESS, ETHICS, AND ECONOMIC VALUES IN ANCIENT ECONOMIC THOUGHT -- chapter 2 KAUTILYA'S ARTHASASTRA -- part, Part II HEBRAIC ECONOMIC THOUGHT -- chapter 3 LOOKING FOR OURSELVES IN THE MIRROR OF OUR PAST -- chapter 4 ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL RABBINIC ECONOMIC THOUGHT -- part, Part III GREEK ECONOMIC THOUGHT -- chapter 5 REFLECTIONS OF ANCIENT ECONOMIC THOUGHT IN GREEK POETRY -- chapter 6 GREEK ECONOMIC THOUGHT -- chapter 7 THE ECONOMY OF HELLENISTIC EGYPT AND SYRIA -- part, Part IV ROMAN ECONOMIC THOUGHT -- chapter 8 THE CLASSICAL ROOTS OF BENEVOLENCE IN ECONOMIC THOUGHT -- chapter 9 ASSUMPTIONS, ECONOMICS, AND THE ORIGINS OF EUROPE / Alan E. Samuel |
| Summary |
This book explores the interrelationship between economic practice and religion, ethics and social structure in a number of ancient cultures, including ancient East Indian, Hebraic, Greek, Hellenistic, Roman and emerging European cultures |
| Notes |
"Many of the chapters ... issued for a conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994"--Vol. 1, p. 2 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Economics -- History -- Cross-cultural studies
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Economic history -- To 500.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
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Economic history
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Economics
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Price, B. B. (Betsey Barker), 1951-
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1994)
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| LC no. |
96033564 |
| ISBN |
9781134824502 |
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1134824505 |
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1280142308 |
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9781280142307 |
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9786610142309 |
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6610142300 |
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0203981707 |
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9780203981702 |
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1134824491 |
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9781134824496 |
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