Bankruptcy and Debt Collection in Liberal Capitalism - Switzerland, 1800-1900 (Hardcover)

Drawing on perspectives from anthropology and social theory, this book explores the quotidian routines of debt collection in nineteenth-century capitalism. It focuses on Switzerland, an exemplary case of liberal rule. Debt collection and bankruptcy relied on received practices until they were standardized in a Swiss federal law in 1889. The vast array of these practices was summarized by the idiomatic Swiss legal term "Rechtstrieb" (literally, "law drive"). Analyzing these forms of summary justice opens a window to the makeshift economies and the contested political imaginaries of nineteenth-century everyday life. Ultimately, the book advances an empirically grounded and theoretically informed history of quotidian legal practices in the everyday economy; it is an argument for studying capitalism from the bottom up.

General

Imprint:	The University of Michigan Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Social History, Popular Culture, And Politics In Germany
Release date:	June 2021
Authors:	Mischa Suter
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-472-13252-2
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Promotions
LSN:	0-472-13252-0
Barcode:	9780472132522

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