Credit and debt in eighteenth-century england: an economic history of debtors’ prisons
Auteur :
Wakelam, Alexander
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367514297
Date de publication :
29 avr. 2022
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
500 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Throughout the eighteenth-century hundreds of thousands of men and women were cast into prison for failing to pay their debts. Credit and Debt demonstrates for the first time the fundamental contribution of debt imprisonment to the early modern economy.