224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.
The methodological and theoretical underpinning of the work is that the study of money be... Read more
Introduction 1. Two Theories of Money 2. Money in Archaic Greece: Excavating the Pre-Monetary Economy 3. The religious origins of money in Homeric society 4. Wergeld and the Legal Presuppositions of Money 5. Coin: the first all purpose money 6. Monetization in Colonial Contexts: Famine, Class and Markets in ‘Development’ Strategies 7. The Moral Economy of Parallel Currencies
Biography
Mark Peacock is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Science, York University, Canada.
