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Credit Nation: Property Laws and Institutions in Early America

Hardback

Main Details

Title Credit Nation: Property Laws and Institutions in Early America
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Claire Priest
SeriesThe Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:248
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 155
Category/GenreColonialism and imperialism
Slavery and abolition of slavery
Economic history
Property and real estate
ISBN/Barcode 9780691158761
ClassificationsDewey:346.73073
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 2 February 2021
Publication Country United States

Description

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 colon

Author Biography

Claire Priest is the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Twitter @priest_claire