Ships and Silver, Taxes and Tribute, A Fiscal History of Archaic Athens

I'm in the final stretch of my study of archaic Greece, and this volume by Hans Van Wees added some nice detail to the time period.

Wees posits that archaic Athens had an extensive public economy, even though the word "economy" had yet to be invented.  The well-researched and footnoted book documents a wide variety of Athenian revenues and expenses at the public level.

Although the book centers on Athens, Wees also demonstrates the patchy evidence for similar economic activity in other poleis throughout the Greek world.

And although the economy lacked the sophistication of classic Athens, it was substantial.  Apparently this position is fairly unique (or at least new) among historians.