Williams, Brett. <br/><br/>
Debt for Sale :  A Social History of the Credit Trap. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (161 pages) 
<br/><br/>Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1. Don't Charge This Book! -- 2. Calling All Convenience Users -- 3. Rustling Up Revolvers -- 4. Seducing Students -- 5. Pummeling the Poor -- 6. Search for Solutions -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Acknowledgments. 
<br/><br/> After September 11, 2001 ordinary Americans were urged to shop. Patriotic shopping would thwart terrorists, celebrate public life, and pull us back from the abyss of recession. We needed to be good citizen-consumers, but we knew that we could not really save America by shopping. Too many of us carried too much debt. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812200782 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Consumer credit-United States.<br/>Debt-United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG3756.U5 -- W533 2004eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.7/43