The Character of Credit: Personal Debt in English Culture, 1740-1914

Using a wide range of printed sources and paying particular attention to distinctions of gender and class, Margot Finn examines English consumer culture from three interlocking perspectives. Finn considers representations of debt in novels, diaries and autobiographical memoirs; the transformation of imprisonment for debt; and the use of small claims courts to mediate disputes between debtors and creditors. This major study of personal debt from 1740 to 1914 will appeal to social, legal and cultural historians, literary scholars and readers interested in the history of consumer culture.

Author: Margot C. Finn
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 05/01/2007
Pages: 376
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.84d
ISBN: 9780521036498

About the Author
Finn, Margot C.: - Margot C. Finn is Warwick Research Fellow and Reader in History at the University of Warwick. She is the author of After Chartism: Class and Nation in English Radical Politics, 1848-1874 (CUP, 1993).

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