| Description |
1 online resource (ix unnumbered pages, 378 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Politics and society in twentieth-century America
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Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-364 and index. |
| Contents |
Making credit modern: the origins of the debt infrastructure in the 1920s -- Debt and recovery: New Deal housing policy and the making of national mortgage markets -- How commercial bankers discovered consumer credit: the Federal Housing Administration and personal loan departments -- War and credit: government regulation and changing credit practices -- Postwar consumer credit: borrowing for prosperity -- Legitimating the credit infrastructure: race, gender and credit access -- Securing debt in an insecure world -- Epilogue: debt as choice, debt as structure. |
| Summary |
Before the twentieth century, personal debt resided on the fringes of the American economy, the province of small-time criminals and struggling merchants. By the end of the century, however, the most profitable corporations and banks in the country lent money to millions of American debtors. How did this happen? The first book to follow the history of personal debt in modern America, Debtor Nation traces the evolution of debt over the course of the twentieth century, following its transformation from fringe to mainstream--thanks to federal policy, financial innovation, and retail competition. H. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Consumer credit -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Consumer credit. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Debt -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Debt. |
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Loans, Personal -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Loans, Personal. |
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
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Economic conditions. |
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United States -- Economic policy -- 20th century.
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Economic policy. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
History of America in red ink |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Hyman, Louis, 1977- Debtor nation. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2011 9780691140681 0691140685 (DLC) 2010031594 |
| ISBN |
1400838401 (electronic book) |
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9781400838400 (electronic book) |
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9780691140681 |
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0691140685 |
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