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Zusatztext Credit's centrality to the current economic crisis makes the publication of Sean O'Connell's social history of working-class credit consumption particularly timely. Although the credit crunch came too late to be included in this book, the portrait of a complex relationship between lenders and borrowers over the past 120 years should be required reading for those suggesting we are living on the brink of a new economic epoch. Informationen zum Autor Sean O'Connell first monograph - The car in British society: class, gender and motoring (Manchester University Press, 1998) was part of the shift in British social and cultural history away from the study of production towards the analysis of consumption and consumers. His more recent projects have continued this interest. Amongst topics he has analyzed have been the history of men's consumer magazines, and the history of `joyriding.' He has published his work in journals such as Economic History Review, Twentieth Century British History, and the British Journal of Criminology. His research has been supported by grants from the ESRC, the Leverhulme Trust, and the AHRC. His interest in the issue of consumer credit began with his co-authorship (with Dilwyn Porter and Richard Coopey) of Mail order retailing in Britain: a business and social history (Oxford University Press, 2005) and culminates with this monograph on working class experiences of consumer credit since 1880. Klappentext Sean O'Connell examines the history of consumer credit and debt in working class communities. Concentrating on forms of credit that were traditionally very dependent on personal relationships and social networks, he demonstrates how community-based arrangements declined as more impersonal forms of borrowing emerged during the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung Sean O'Connell examines the history of consumer credit and debt in working class communities. Concentrating on forms of credit that were traditionally very dependent on personal relationships and social networks, he demonstrates how community-based arrangements declined as more impersonal forms of borrowing emerged during the twentieth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. On easy terms? Borrowing and lending in the working class community 1: Credit on the doorstep: the tallymen 2: The rise of the Provident system: check trading 3: Retail capitalism in the parlour: mail order catalogues 4: The moneylender unmasked 5: Doorstep moneylending since the 1950s 6: Formal and informal co-operative credit 7: Renewed hope for mutuality: credit unions Conclusion. Easy terms remain elusive ...
