Credit and community : working-class debt in the UK since 1880
O'Connell, Sean2009
Book
This text examines the history of consumer credit and debt in working class communities. Concentrates on forms of credit that were traditionally very dependent on personal relationships and social networks, it covers how community-based arrangements declined as more impersonal forms of borrowing emerged during the 20th century.
Main title:
Credit and community : working-class debt in the UK since 1880 / Sean O'Connell.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Collation:
280 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780199263318 (hbk)0199263310 (hbk)
Dewey class:
332.743
LC class:
HG3756.G7
Local class:
332.743
Language:
English
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BRN:
2423542