Title: Republic of debtors
First published: 2002
Description: "From the wealthy merchant to the backwoods farmer, Mann tells the personal stories of men and women struggling to repay their debts and stay ahead of their creditors. He opens a window onto a society undergoing such fundamental changes as the growth of a commercial economy, the emergence of a consumer marketplace, and a revolution for independence.

In addressing debt Americans debated complicated questions of commerce and agriculture, nationalism and federalism, dependence and independence, slavery and freedom. And when numerous prominent men - including the richest man in America and a justice of the Supreme Court - found themselves imprisoned for debt or forced to become fugitives from creditors, their fate altered the political dimensions of debtor relief, leading to the highly controversial Bankruptcy Act of 1800."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Debt, Consumer credit, Bankruptcy, Konsumentenkredit, Faillissement, Consumentenkrediet, Deuda, Quiebra, Schulden, Finance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Places: United States
LC classification: HG3766 .M29 2002