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Roots of Western Finance: Power, Ethics, and Social Capital in the Ancient World

Roots of Western Finance: Power, Ethics, and Social Capital in the Ancient World

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Investing & FinanceAnthropologyAncient Egypt

ISBN10: 1498545815
ISBN13: 9781498545815
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: May 24 2017
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
The Roots of Western Finance takes an anthropological approach to origins of western finance and credit in ancient societies, covering a period from ancient Mesopotamia to the Islamic world in the eleventh century. The authors reveal that credit is not simply an economic transaction; it is a social relationship and a technology of power.

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