Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Materials / E. Bissa -- Introduction / E. Bissa -- Gold And Silver: Prolegomena / E. Bissa -- Chapter One. The Exporters Of Gold And Silver / E. Bissa -- Chapter Two. The Athenian Silver Industry / E. Bissa -- Chapter Three. The Importers Of Gold And Silver / E. Bissa -- Gold And Silver: Concluding Remarks / E. Bissa -- Introduction / E. Bissa -- Timber: Prolegomena / E. Bissa -- Chapter Four. The Exporters Of Timber / E. Bissa -- Chapter Five. Timber For Athens / E. Bissa -- Chapter Six. Fleets Outside Athens / E. Bissa -- Timber: Concluding Remarks / E. Bissa -- Grain: Prolegomena / E. Bissa -- Chapter Seven. The Exporters Of Grain / E. Bissa -- Chapter Eight. Grain For Athens / E. Bissa -- Chapter Nine. Grain Beyond Athens / E. Bissa -- Grain: Concluding Remarks / E. Bissa -- Conclusion / E. Bissa -- Works Cited / E. Bissa -- Index / E. Bissa.

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Trade was a necessity in the ancient Greek world, yet the prevalent scholarly view is that Greek states intervened in foreign trade only rarely and sporadically. This book studies four necessary commodities, gold, silver, ship-building timber and grain, from production through export to import. Through the re-evaluation of known evidence and the presentation of new avenues of research, the book shows that Greek and non-Greek governments in the archaic and classical periods intervened and involved themselves greatly in foreign trade. The book offers the student of the Greek economy a fresh perspective on state intervention in trade and the ways in which intervention worked in the Greek world.