3. The Reluctant Romans

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. “One Shekel of Your Private Silver” 5
5. 2. The Pirates of Phoenicia 26
6. 3. The Reluctant Romans 51
7. 4. An Enterprising Faith 72
8. 5. Flying Money and Capitalist Monks 94
9. 6. Western Europe and a “New World” of Profit 116
10. 7. Captains of the Revolution 143
11. 8. The Land of (Entrepreneurial) Opportunity 164
12. 9. Flattening the World and Colonizing Space 190
13. Conclusion 213
14. Notes 217
15. Acknowledgments 229
16. Index 231