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Author Johnstone, Steven, 1959-

Title A history of trust in ancient Greece / Steven Johnstone.

Publication Info. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 242 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and indexes.
Contents Haggling -- Measuring -- Keeping track -- Valuing -- Collaborating -- Apportioning liability -- Deciding -- Common Greek weights and measures.
Summary Focusing on markets and democratic politics, this text draws on speeches given in Athenian courts, histories of Athenian democracy, comic writings, and laws inscribed in stone to examine how the concept of trust was woven into the life of Ancient Greece.
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Subject Trust -- Greece -- History.
Trust.
Greece.
History.
Trust -- Economic aspects -- Greece.
Trust -- Political aspects -- Greece.
Trust -- Political aspects.
Democracy -- Greece.
Democracy.
Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.
Civilization.
Chronological Term To 146 B.C
Subject Greece -- Economic conditions -- To 146 B.C.
Economic conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Johnstone, Steven, 1959- History of trust in ancient Greece. Chicago and London : University of Chicago Press, ©2011 9780226405094 (DLC) 2011007969 (OCoLC)704907916
ISBN 9780226405117 (electronic book)
0226405117 (electronic book)
9780226405094 (cloth)
0226405095 (cloth)
1283242265
9781283242264