Credit nation : property laws and legal institutions in early America

Credit nation : property laws and legal institutions in early America / Claire Priest.

Author/creator	Priest, Claire author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Description	xi, 226 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Property--United States --History --17th century. Property--United States --History --18th century. Credit--Law and legislation --United States --History --17th century. Credit--Law and legislation --United States --History --18th century. United States--History --Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Series	The Princeton economic history of the western world Princeton economic history of the Western world. ^A682933
Contents	Foundations of property and credit -- Property exemptions : commodifying land and slaves in colonial America -- Managing risk in colonial America -- The Stamp Act, independence and the founding.
Abstract	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 colonial and founding eras of the republic.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
ISBN	0691158762 hardcover
ISBN	9780691158761 hardcover

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E188 .P75 2021	✔ Available	Place Hold