Republic of debtors : bankruptcy in the age of American independence / Bruce H. Mann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mann, Bruce H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Debt--United States.

Debt.

Consumer credit--United States.

Consumer credit.

Bankruptcy--United States.

Bankruptcy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Debt was an inescapable fact of life in early America. By 1800, imprisonment for debt was under attack and insolvency was no longer seen as a moral failure, merely an economic setback. In this text, the author illuminates this transformation in early American society.

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

Notes:

Originally published: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-338) and index.

ISBN:

9780674265783

0674265785

9780674040540

0674040546

OCLC:

808088304