Roberts The Origins of Business, Money, and Markets

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-231-52685-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: Columbia Business School Publishing

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Roberts, Keith

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, by William H. McNeill
Preface
List of Terms
Introduction
1 Business in the Ancient Middle East
1. The Beginning
2. Middle Eastern Empires, 1600–323 B.C.E.
2 Business in Ancient Greece
3. Markets and Greece
4. Business in Athens
5. Hellenistic History: Prologue to Revolution
6. The Hellenistic Business Environment
7. Hellenistic Business
3 Business in Ancient Rome
8. The Early Roman Republic
9. The Late Roman Republic, 201–31 B.C.E.
10. The Principate, 31 B.C.E.–192 C.E.
11. Roman Society
12. Roman Businesses
13. The Downfall of Ancient Business
Concluding Note
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Keith Roberts is a graduate of Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and the Harvard Business School's Program in Venture Capital. He has served as president of the Preservation Group, a San Francisco-based real estate firm; Roberts Proprietaries, Inc., a manufacturing and distribution company; and other firms. He is an arbitrator for the Financial Industries Regulatory Authority and in the New York court system.

William H. McNeill is a noted world historian and professor emeritus of history at the University of Chicago. The recipient of a National Humanities Medal, he is the author of many books, including The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community, which won a National Book Award for history.