Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American IndependenceHarvard University Press, 30. juuni 2009 - 358 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, authorBruce H. Mann illuminates this crucial transformation in early American society. |
Contents
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2 The Law of Failure | 34 |
3 Imprisoned Debtors in the Early Republic | 78 |
4 The Imagery of Insolvency | 109 |
5 A Shadow Republic | 147 |
6 The Politics of Insolvency | 166 |
7 The Faces of Bankruptcy | 221 |
Conclusion | 254 |
Notes | 265 |
Index | 339 |
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