Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American IndependenceHarvard University Press, 2002 - 344 pages 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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... America Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Mann , Bruce H. Republic of debtors : bankruptcy in the age of American independence / Bruce H. Mann . p . cm . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN 0-674 ...
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Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence Bruce H. Mann. " This Godlike act " was the controversial , short ... America . Virtually every toast offered in its honor by the debtors imprisoned in New York turned deeply rooted attitudes ...
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