Credit and Debt in Eighteenth-Century England : An Economic History of Debtors' Prisons - 9780367514297

Throughout the eighteenth-century hundreds of thousands of men and women were cast into prison for failing to pay their debts. Credit and Debt demonstrates for the first time the fundamental contribution of debt imprisonment to the early modern economy.

• | : Alexander Wakelam
• | Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• | Publication Date: Apr 29, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 266 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 036751429X
• | ISBN-13: 9780367514297