Debts unpaid : two centuries of trouble and conflict in Mexico's economy /
"Power struggles between debtors and creditors about unpaid debts have animated the history of economic transformation from the emergence of capitalist relations to the recent global financial crashes. Illuminating how ordinary people fought for economic justice in Mexico from the eve of indepe...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2026.
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| Series: | Cambridge Latin American studies ;
140. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Little debts : justice and citizenship in small claims, 1810s-1860s
- Broken contracts: precaution and risk in litigation and law, 1860s-1870s
- Unworthy : economic information in credit reports, 1880s-1920s
- Bad cheques : property crime and the moral economy of financialisation, 1930s-1980s
- Asking for help : letters about fairness and dispossession, 1990s-2000s
- Conclusion.