Financing the American Dream
Subtitle: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: January 22, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780691074559
Subjects: Credit & credit institutions; Cultural studies; Social history; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; United States - 20th Century; Finance; History; History - General History; Business/Economics; USA; Economic History; American History; Economics; History / United States / 20th Century; Economics - General
First sentence: CONSUMER credit is an invention of the early twentieth century, but borrowing and lending are not.