Credit Nation - Property Laws and Institutions in Early America

Zusatztext "An informative and deeply researched book that explores how property law influenced the development of the English colonies and, ultimately, the United States." ---Aaron L. Chin, H-Early-America Informationen zum Autor Claire Priest is the Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Twitter @priest_claire Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung How American colonists laid the foundations of American capitalism with an economy built on creditEven 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

Product details

• Authors: Claire Priest
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9780691158761
• ISBN: 978-0-691-15876-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), LAW / Property, Colonialism & imperialism, Economic history, Property & real estate, Colonialism and imperialism, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Property law: general, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Property and real estate, property law