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9780807849163

Navigating Failure

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  • ISBN13:

    9780807849163

  • ISBN10:

    0807849162

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-03-01
  • Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

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Summary

Using rich and previously overlooked court records generated by the 1841 Federal Bankruptcy Act, Edward Balleisen explores the economic roots and social meanings of bankruptcy, assessing the impact of widespread insolvency on the evolution of American law, business culture, and commercial society.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: Risk and Wreckage in Antebellum America 1(24)
PART ONE. The Roots of Misfortune
Perils of the Credit System
25(24)
Guises of financial Vulnerability
49(20)
PART TWO. The Institutional World of Bankruptey
Dilemmas of Failure
69(32)
American Jubilee
101(34)
The Art of Wrecking
135(30)
PART THREE. The Promise of Economic Rebirth
Fresh Starts
165(18)
Return to Proprietorship
183(20)
Sidestepping the Credit System
203(18)
Epilogue: Individual Bankruptcy and the Rise of American big Business 221(8)
Note on Research Method 229(4)
Notes 233(62)
Bibliography 295(16)
Index 311

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