TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mann,Bruce H.
TI  - Republic of Debtors: Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence
SN  - 9780674040540
AV  - HG3766 
U1  - 332.7/5/0973 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Debt-United States
KW  - Consumer credit-United States
KW  - Bankruptcy-United States
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- 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
N2  - Debt was a fact of life in early America. At the beginning of the 18th 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. Mann illuminates this crucial transformation in early American society
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