Republic of debtors
bankruptcy in the age of American independence
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Author
Publication
2002 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
86,000 words, Guess
Page Count
344 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiverepublicdebtorsb00mann
- Internet Archiverepublicdebtorsb00mann_314
- Internet Archiverepublicofdebtor0000mann
- ISBN-100674009029
- ISBN-139780674009028
and 6 more
- LibraryThing449873
- Goodreads912692
- Library of Congress Control Number2002068619
- OCLC Control Number49750941
- Better World Books9780674009028
- Open LibraryOL17064795M
Classifications
- LCCHG3766 .M29 2002
- LCCHG3766.M29 2002
Description
"From the wealthy merchant to the backwoods farmer, Mann tells the personal stories of men and women struggling to repay their debts and stay ahead of their creditors. He opens a window onto a society undergoing such fundamental changes as the growth of a commercial economy, the emergence of a consumer marketplace, and a revolution for independence. In addressing debt Americans debated complicated questions of commerce and agriculture, nationalism and federalism, dependence and independence, slavery and freedom. And when numerous prominent men - including the richest man in America and a justice of the Supreme Court - found themselves imprisoned for debt or forced to become fugitives from creditors, their fate altered the political dimensions of debtor relief, leading to the highly controversial Bankruptcy Act of 1800."--BOOK JACKET.
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