01383nam a2200241Ia 4500 CTU_167366 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 116 306.30942 F514 Finn, Margot C. The character of credit : personal debt in English culture, 1740-1914 Margot C. Finn Cambridge,New York Cambridge University Press 2003 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 English prose literature,Economics and literature,Văn xuôi Anh,Kinh tế và văn học History and criticism,History,Lịch sử và phê bình,Lịch sử Great Britain Nguyên Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ