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Before Banks: The Making of Credit and Debt in Preindustrial France

Before Banks: The Making of Credit and Debt in Preindustrial France - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Elise M. DermineurSeries:Cambridge Studies in Economic History - SecondPublish date:01/23/25Pages:293
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009502641ISBN-10:1009502646UPC:9781009502641Book Category:Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Economic HistorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.2412Product ID:SCHKYZJAWH
This innovative work delves into the world of ordinary early modern women and men and their relationship with credit and debt. Elise Dermineur focuses on the rural seigneuries of Delle and Florimont in the south of Alsace, where rich archival documents allow for a fine cross-analysis of credit transactions and the reconstruction of credit networks from c.1650 to 1790. She examines the various credit instruments at ordinary people's disposal, the role of women in credit markets, and the social, legal, and economic experiences of indebtedness. The book's distinctive focus on peer-to-peer lending sheds light on how and why pre-industrial interpersonal exchanges featured flexibility, diversity, fairness, solidarity and reciprocity, and room for negotiation and renegotiation. Before Banks also offers insight into factors informing our present financial system and suggests that we can learn from the past to create a fairer society and economy.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009502641ISBN-10:1009502646UPC:9781009502641Book Category:Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Economic HistorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.69 inchesWeight:1.2412Product ID:SCHKYZJAWH
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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