Table of Contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface (page ix)
- Acknowledgements (page xv)
- Abbreviations (page xvii)
- Chapter 1 MARKET ECONOMY-BANKING REALITY (page 3)
- THE ATHENIAN ECONOMY (page 3)
- THE TRAPEZA AS TRUE BANK (page 8)
- CURRENCY EXCHANGE (page 18)
- FALSE ANACHRONISM: THE MODERN INVENTION OF THE ATHENIAN PAWNSHOP (page 22)
- Chapter 2 A METHODOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVE TO THE MISUSE OF STATISTICS (page 26)
- THE PERILS OF CLIOMETRICS (page 27)
- "FORENSIC ATTESTATION": AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH (page 36)
- Chapter 3 FINANCIAL CONTEXT AND CONCEPTS (page 41)
- FREEDOM FROM REGULATION AND OLIGOPOLY (page 42)
- IN LIEU OF INTEREST: "MARITIME" AND "LANDED" YIELDS (page 44)
- Chapter 4 WIVES, SLAVES, AND THE ATHENIAN BANKER (page 61)
- A "STRICTLY PERSONAL" BUSINESS (page 62)
- ASSETS, HUMAN AND OTHER (page 66)
- UNAVAILABLE AND UNDESIRABLE: FREE CITIZENS AS BANK EMPLOYEES (page 70)
- SLAVES AND WIVES (page 73)
- THE BANKING HOUSEHOLD: A TRADITIONAL FORM TRANSFORMED (page 82)
- ADAPTATION TO SLAVE ENTERPRISE (page 90)
- WOMEN, LAW, AND PROPERTY (page 101)
- Chapter 5 BANKING OPERATIONS: "RISK-LADEN REVENUES FROM 'OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY' " (page 111)
- OBTAINING "OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY" (page 114)
- DEPLOYING OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY FOR MARITIME LOANS (page 121)
- MARITIME FINANCE (page 136)
- DENIAL OF THE ROLE OF BANKERS IN SEA FINANCE (page 160)
- THE BANKERS' OWN MONEY (page 183)
- Chapter 6 THE BANKS' ROLE IN THE ECONOMY (page 190)
- THE "INVISIBLE ECONOMY" (page 191)
- THE STRUCTURE OF CREDIT (page 207)
- BANK FAILURES AND ECONOMIC HISTORY (page 215)
- WORKS CITED (page 225)
- INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED (page 255)
- GENERAL INDEX (page 269)