A culture of credit [electronic resource] : embedding trust and transparency in American business / Rowena Olegario.
In the growing and dynamic economy of 19th century America, businesses sold vast quantities of goods to one another, mostly on credit. This book explains how business people solved the problem of whom to trust - how they determined who was deserving of credit, and for how much.
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Full Text (via De Gruyter) |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Harvard studies in business history ;
50. |
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| Summary: | In the growing and dynamic economy of 19th century America, businesses sold vast quantities of goods to one another, mostly on credit. This book explains how business people solved the problem of whom to trust - how they determined who was deserving of credit, and for how much. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 274 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-268) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674041639 0674041631 |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |