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Maritime Traders in the Ancient Greek World
C. M. Reed
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Description for Maritime Traders in the Ancient Greek World
Hardback. Discusses the nature of maritime trade with Athens and official and unofficial interest in it. Num Pages: 180 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 422.
This is the first full work since Hasebroek's Trade and Politics in the Ancient World to deal directly with the place of maritime traders in ancient Greece. Its main assumption is that traders' juridical, economic, political and unofficial standing can only be viewed correctly through the lens of the polis framework. It argues that those engaging in inter-regional trade with classical Athens were mainly poor and foreign (hence politically inert at Athens). Moreover, Athens, as well as other classical Greek poleis, resorted to limited measures, well short of war or other modes of economic imperialism, to attract them. However, at ... Read more
This is the first full work since Hasebroek's Trade and Politics in the Ancient World to deal directly with the place of maritime traders in ancient Greece. Its main assumption is that traders' juridical, economic, political and unofficial standing can only be viewed correctly through the lens of the polis framework. It argues that those engaging in inter-regional trade with classical Athens were mainly poor and foreign (hence politically inert at Athens). Moreover, Athens, as well as other classical Greek poleis, resorted to limited measures, well short of war or other modes of economic imperialism, to attract them. However, at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521268486
SKU
V9780521268486
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About C. M. Reed
Charles Reed is William States Lee Professor of History at Queens College, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Reviews for Maritime Traders in the Ancient Greek World
'… a scholarly study of the highest order … he has made it accessible to a wider range of scholars. It will remain the last word on the subject until the unlikely event of the appearance of significant new evidence.' The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology