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The character of credit : personal debt in English culture, 1740-1914, Margot C. Finn
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- Summary
- Personal credit relations were ubiquitous in English consumer markets, binding family members, friends, neighbours, customers and tradesmen in tangled lines of mutual obligation. In this study of the social history of personal debt and credit, Margot Finn reveals the pre-eminence of social individuals (men, women and children) whose ability to engage in credit contracts was contingent upon their dependent social status. Using a wide range of printed and manuscript sources, and paying particular attention to distinctions of gender and of class, Finn examines English consumer culture from three interlocking perspectives: representations of debt in novels, diaries and autobiographical memoirs; the transformation of imprisonment for debt; and the use of small claims courts to mediate disputes between debtors and creditors. This major new study of personal debt from 1740 to 1914 will appeal to social, legal and cultural historians, literary scholars and those interested in the history of consumer culture
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 362 p.
- Contents
-
- Fictions of debt and credit, 1740-1914
- Debt and credit in diaries and autobiographies
- 'Mansions of misery' : the unreformed debtors' prison
- Discipline or abolish? Reforming imprisonment for debt
- 'A kind of parliamentary magic' : eighteenth-century courts of conscience
- From courts of conscience to country courts : small-claims litigation in the nineteenth century
- Market moralities : tradesmen, credit and the courts in Victorian and Edwardian England
- Isbn
- 9780521036498
- Label
- The character of credit : personal debt in English culture, 1740-1914
- Title
- The character of credit
- Title remainder
- personal debt in English culture, 1740-1914
- Statement of responsibility
- Margot C. Finn
- Subject
-
- Consumption (Economics) in literature
- Credit -- Great Britain -- History
- Debt -- Great Britain -- History
- Debt in literature
- Consumption (Economics) -- Great Britain -- History
- Economics in literature
- English prose literature -- History and criticism
- Finance, Personal -- Great Britain -- History
- Great Britain -- Economic conditions
- Economics and literature -- Great Britain -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Personal credit relations were ubiquitous in English consumer markets, binding family members, friends, neighbours, customers and tradesmen in tangled lines of mutual obligation. In this study of the social history of personal debt and credit, Margot Finn reveals the pre-eminence of social individuals (men, women and children) whose ability to engage in credit contracts was contingent upon their dependent social status. Using a wide range of printed and manuscript sources, and paying particular attention to distinctions of gender and of class, Finn examines English consumer culture from three interlocking perspectives: representations of debt in novels, diaries and autobiographical memoirs; the transformation of imprisonment for debt; and the use of small claims courts to mediate disputes between debtors and creditors. This major new study of personal debt from 1740 to 1914 will appeal to social, legal and cultural historians, literary scholars and those interested in the history of consumer culture
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Finn, Margot C
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR830.E37
- LC item number
- .F66 2003
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Series statement
- Cambridge social and cultural histories
- Series volume
- 1
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- English prose literature
- Economics and literature
- Consumption (Economics)
- Finance, Personal
- Consumption (Economics) in literature
- Great Britain
- Credit
- Debt
- Economics in literature
- Debt in literature
- Label
- The character of credit : personal debt in English culture, 1740-1914, Margot C. Finn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-355) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Fictions of debt and credit, 1740-1914 -- Debt and credit in diaries and autobiographies -- 'Mansions of misery' : the unreformed debtors' prison -- Discipline or abolish? Reforming imprisonment for debt -- 'A kind of parliamentary magic' : eighteenth-century courts of conscience -- From courts of conscience to country courts : small-claims litigation in the nineteenth century -- Market moralities : tradesmen, credit and the courts in Victorian and Edwardian England
- Control code
- ocm51305930
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 362 p.
- Isbn
- 9780521036498
- Lccn
- 2002041697
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780521823425
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- The character of credit : personal debt in English culture, 1740-1914, Margot C. Finn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-355) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Fictions of debt and credit, 1740-1914 -- Debt and credit in diaries and autobiographies -- 'Mansions of misery' : the unreformed debtors' prison -- Discipline or abolish? Reforming imprisonment for debt -- 'A kind of parliamentary magic' : eighteenth-century courts of conscience -- From courts of conscience to country courts : small-claims litigation in the nineteenth century -- Market moralities : tradesmen, credit and the courts in Victorian and Edwardian England
- Control code
- ocm51305930
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 362 p.
- Isbn
- 9780521036498
- Lccn
- 2002041697
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780521823425
- Other physical details
- ill.
Subject
- Consumption (Economics) in literature
- Credit -- Great Britain -- History
- Debt -- Great Britain -- History
- Debt in literature
- Consumption (Economics) -- Great Britain -- History
- Economics in literature
- English prose literature -- History and criticism
- Finance, Personal -- Great Britain -- History
- Great Britain -- Economic conditions
- Economics and literature -- Great Britain -- History
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