Republic of Debtors : : Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence / / Bruce H. Mann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Mann, Bruce H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (358 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1 Debtors and Creditors --; 2 The Law of Failure --; 3 Imprisoned Debtors in the Early Republic --; 4 The Imagery of Insolvency --; 5 A Shadow Republic --; 6 The Politics of Insolvency --; 7 The Faces of Bankruptcy --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674040540; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674040540?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bruce H. Mann.

Debt was an inescapable fact of life in early America. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, its sinfulness was preached by ministers and the right to imprison debtors was unquestioned. By 1800, imprisonment for debt was under attack and insolvency was no longer seen as a moral failure, merely an economic setback. In Republic of Debtors, Bruce H. Mann illuminates this crucial transformation in early American society.