Republic of debtors : bankruptcy in the age of American independence /

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".. Examines changing attitudes towards insolvency and their importance to the economy and self-image of the early American republic. Mann, a professor of law and history at the University of Pennsylvania, shows how debtor-relief movements like Shay's Rebellion, a post-Revolution wave of b...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mann, Bruce H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Debt > United States.
Consumer credit > United States.
Bankruptcy > United States.
Dettes > États-Unis.
Crédit à la consommation > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Bankruptcy.
Consumer credit.
Debt.
Konsumentenkredit
Schulden
Consumentenkrediet.
Faillissement.
United States.
USA.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Debtors and creditors
  • Law of failure
  • Imprisoned debtors in the early republic
  • Imagery of insolvency
  • Shadow republic
  • Politics of insolvency
  • Faces of bankruptcy.

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