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REPUBLIC OF DEBTORS
BANKRUPTCY IN THE AGE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE |
| By: |
Bruce H. Mann |
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| ISBN 10: |
0674032411 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780674032415 |
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| Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2009 |
| Pages: |
358 |
| Description: |
Debt was an inescapable fact of life in early America. At the beginning of the 18th century, its sinfulness was preached by ministers. By 1800, imprisonment for debt was under attack, and insolvency was seen merely as an economic setback. This work focuses on this crucial transformation in early American society. |
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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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1 halftone |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Harvard University Press |
| Prizes: |
Joint winner of James Willard Hurst Prize of the Law and Society |
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