{"product_id":"a-history-of-trust-in-steven-johnstone-9780226405094","title":"A History of Trust in Ancient Greece","description":"An enormous amount of literature exists on Greek law, economics, and political philosophy. Yet no one has written a history of trust, one of the most fundamental aspects of social and economic interaction in the ancient world. In this fresh look at antiquity, Steven Johnstone explores the way democracy and markets flourished in ancient Greece not so much through personal relationships as through trust in abstract systems--including money, standardized measurement, rhetoric, and haggling.\u003cp\u003eFocusing on markets and democratic politics, Johnstone draws on speeches given in Athenian courts, histories of Athenian democracy, comic writings, and laws inscribed on stone to examine how these systems worked. He analyzes their potentials and limitations and how the Greeks understood and critiqued them. In providing the first comprehensive account of these pervasive and crucial systems, \u003ci\u003eA History of Trust in Ancient Greece\u003c\/i\u003e links Greek political, economic, social, and intellectual history in new ways and challenges contemporary analyses of trust and civil society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Johnstone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226405095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226405094\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2012","brand":"Steven Johnstone","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086409773311,"sku":"9780226405094","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37d42dac-90a6-4f89-b455-884ffbf152be.jpg?v=1769094509","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-history-of-trust-in-steven-johnstone-9780226405094","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}