Republic of Debtors : Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence / Bruce H. Mann.
2022
HG3766.M29 2009
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Republic of Debtors : Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence / Bruce H. Mann.
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9780674040540
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022]
Copyright
©2009
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (358 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674040540 doi
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HG3766.M29 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
332.7/5/0973
Summary
Debt was an inescapable fact of life in early America. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, its sinfulness was preached by ministers and the right to imprison debtors was unquestioned. By 1800, imprisonment for debt was under attack and insolvency was no longer seen as a moral failure, merely an economic setback. In Republic of Debtors, Bruce H. Mann illuminates this crucial transformation in early American society.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Debtors and Creditors
2 The Law of Failure
3 Imprisoned Debtors in the Early Republic
4 The Imagery of Insolvency
5 A Shadow Republic
6 The Politics of Insolvency
7 The Faces of Bankruptcy
Conclusion
Notes
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Debtors and Creditors
2 The Law of Failure
3 Imprisoned Debtors in the Early Republic
4 The Imagery of Insolvency
5 A Shadow Republic
6 The Politics of Insolvency
7 The Faces of Bankruptcy
Conclusion
Notes
Index