Debt For Sale
Subtitle: A Social History Of The Credit Trap
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: August 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780812218862
Subjects: Consumer issues; Credit & credit institutions; Social & cultural anthropology; Personal Finance; Corporate & Business History - General; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; United States; Social History; Personal Finance - General; Economic History; Consumer credit; Public Finance; Debt
First sentence: After September 11, 2001, ordinary Americans were urged to shop.
Description: "These vignettes complement the history and technical issues of the credit industry, including strategies people use to manage debt, how credit functions in their lives, how they understand their own indebtedness, and the sometimes tragic impact of massive debt on some people's lives."--BOOK JACKET.