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Economy of Obligation: the Culture of Credit and Social Relations in Early Modern England (Early Modern History)
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #869723 in Books
- Published on: 1998-10-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 473 pages
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Synopsis
Focusing primarily on the medium-sized town of King's Lynn in North Norfolk (pop. 7000-8000), the author studies the structure of credit and litigation in 17th-century England. He argues that credit, rather than money, was used in most business transactions; examines how trust was socially structured and how it affected the social order as the mark
