TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mann,Bruce H.
TI  - Republic of debtors: bankruptcy in the age of American independence 
SN  - 0674009029 :
AV  - HG3766 .M29 2002
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Cambridge, MA
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Debt
KW  - United States
KW  - Consumer credit
KW  - Bankruptcy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-338) and index
N2  - 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
ER  -