Mark Peacock

Introducing Money

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a theoretical and historical examination of the evolution of money. It is distinct from the majority of 'economic' approaches, for it does not see money as an outgrowth of market exchange via barter. Instead, the social, political legal and religious origins of money are examined.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9780415539883
• ISBN-10: 0415539889
• Artikelnr.: 36444578

Autorenporträt

Mark Peacock is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Science, York University, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Economics and History Part I: Theories 1. Carl Menger and the
Exchange Theory of Money 2. The 'State' or 'Chartalist' Theory of Money
Part II: Ancient Money 3. Money in the Ancient Near East: the 'Beginnings'
4. Money in Archaic Greece: Evidence from Homeric Epic 5. The Religious
Origins of Money in 'Homeric Society' 6. 'The Value of a Man': Wergeld,
Accounting and Archaic Law 7. Coinage and Money in Classical Greece Part
III: Modern Monies 8. Monetization in Colonial Contexts: Famine, Class and
Markets in 'Development' Strategies 9. The Moral Economy of Parallel
Currencies: The Case of Local Exchange Trading Systems