Hidden Interests in Credit and Finance: Power, Ethics, and Social Capital across the Last Millennium

by Thomas K. Park and James B. Greenberg

Book Overview

Hidden Interests in Credit and Finance takes an anthropological approach to the roots of Western finance and credit in ancient societies from early Mesopotamia to eleventh-century Islam. The authors reveal that credit is not just an economic transaction but also a social relationship and a technology of power.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498545807
• ISBN13: 9781498545808
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Rlpg/Galleys
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"