The engine of enterprise : credit in America /

"American households, businesses, and governments have always used intensive amounts of credit. The Engine of Enterprise traces the story of credit from colonial times to the present, highlighting its productive role in building national prosperity. Rowena Olegario probes enduring questions tha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Olegario, Rowena (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Temas:
Commercial credit > United States > History.
Mercantile system > United States > History.
Finance > United States > History.
Economic development > United States > History.
Crédit commercial > États-Unis > Histoire.
Mercantilisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Développement économique > États-Unis > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Commercial credit.
Economic development.
Economic history.
Finance.
Mercantile system.
Kredit
United States > Economic conditions.
États-Unis > Conditions économiques.
United States.
USA
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "The sound of your hammer" : the foundations of credit in the new republic
  • "To be a bankrupt is nothing" : credit, enterprise, and risk in the Antebellum era
  • "There is considerable friction" : credit in the reconstruction nation
  • "To open up mass markets" : a nation of consumers and home owners
  • "Children, dogs, cats, and moose are getting credit cards" : the erosion of credit standards
  • Postscript : creative and destructive credit.

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