Consumer credit in the United States: a sociological perspective from the 19th century to the present
Marron, Donncha
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The object and scope of this book is the development of marketed consumer credit within the United States from the mid decades of the nineteenth century upuntil the present day. INDICE: Fishing for Sharks and Governing Small Loans - Consuming by Instalments: The Rise of Retail Credit - Assembling the Automobile, Reassembling Thrift - Mass Credit, Mass Society and their Discontents - Plastic Credit, Plastic Lifestyles - Credit Reporting and Consumer Surveillance - Risk and Technologies of Credit Scoring - Borrowing on the Fringe: The Fate of the Risky - Risk,Identity and the Consumer - Securing the Self - Conclusion: Taking Life
- ISBN: 978-0-230-61518-2
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 288
- Fecha Publicación: 15/11/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés