Debtor Nation: The History of America in Red Ink

by Louis Hyman

Book Overview

The story of personal debt in modern America

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691140685
• ISBN13: 9780691140681
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"