Credit Nation
Property Laws and Institutions in Early America
$73.40
- Hardcover
248 pages
- Release Date
11 April 2021
Summary
How American colonists laid the foundations of American capitalism with an economy built on credit
Even before the United States became a country, laws prioritizing access to credit set colonial America apart from the rest of the world. Credit Nation examines how the drive to expand credit shaped property laws and legal institutions in the colonial and founding eras of the republic.
In this major new history of early America, Claire Priest describes how the British Parliament …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691158761 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0691158762 |
| Author: | Claire Priest |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 11 April 2021 |
| Weight: | 666g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm |
| Series: | The Princeton Economic History of the Western World |
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“An informative and deeply researched book that explores how property law influenced the development of the English colonies and, ultimately, the United States.”—Aaron L. Chin, H-Early-America
About The Author
Claire Priest
Claire Priest is the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Twitter @priest_claire
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