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Credit and Debt in Eighteenth-Century England - An Economic History of Debtors' Prisons (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,208
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Credit and Debt in Eighteenth-Century England - An Economic History of Debtors' Prisons (Paperback): Alexander Wakelam

Credit and Debt in Eighteenth-Century England - An Economic History of Debtors' Prisons (Paperback)

Alexander Wakelam

Series: Perspectives in Economic and Social History

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Throughout the eighteenth century hundreds of thousands of men and women were cast into prison for failing to pay their debts. This apparently illogical system where debtors were kept away from their places of work remained popular with creditors into the nineteenth century even as Britain witnessed industrialisation, market growth, and the increasing sophistication of commerce, as the debtors' prisons proved surprisingly effective. Due to insufficient early modern currency, almost every exchange was reliant upon the use of credit based upon personal reputation rather than defined collateral, making the lives of traders inherently precarious as they struggled to extract payments based on little more than promises. This book shows how traders turned to debtors' prisons to give those promises defined consequences, the system functioning as a tool of coercive contract enforcement rather than oppression of the poor. Credit and Debt demonstrates for the first time the fundamental contribution of debt imprisonment to the early modern economy and reveals how traders made use of existing institutions to alleviate the instabilities of commerce in the context of unprecedented market growth. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers in economic history and early modern British history.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Perspectives in Economic and Social History
Release date: April 2022
First published: 2021
Authors: Alexander Wakelam
Dimensions: 234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 978-0-367-51429-7
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Credit & credit institutions
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Money & Finance > Credit & credit institutions
LSN: 0-367-51429-X
Barcode: 9780367514297

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