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Credit nation : property laws and legal institutions in early America /

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 p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Priest, Claire (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Series:	Princeton economic history of the Western world.
Subjects:	Property > United States > History > 17th century. Property > United States > History > 18th century. Credit > Law and legislation > United States > History > 17th century. Credit > Law and legislation > United States > History > 18th century. United States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

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