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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... early America . At the beginning of the eigh- teenth 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 ...
... Early Republic 4 The Imagery of Insolvency 5 A Shadow Republic 6 The Politics of Insolvency 7 The Faces of Bankruptcy Conclusion Notes Index vii 6 34 78 109 147 166 221 254 265 349 For Elizabeth ACKNOWLEDGMENTS For their unfailing ...
... Early American History and the laws schools of Washington University in St. Louis and Harvard , Syracuse , and Yale universities invited me to try out various ideas at their seminars and workshops . I am particularly grate- ful to my ...
... early America . One measure of how thoroughly this was so is the pervasiveness of debts owed and owing in probate inventories.3 Another is the predominance of debt actions in civil litigation , not to mention the vast number of account ...
... early America . But whereas the problem of insolvency had once been limited to relatively simple issues of enforc- ing debtors ' obligations , at century's end it encompassed more compli- cated questions of commerce and agriculture ...
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