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In Hock

Pawning in America from Independence Through the Great Depression

In Hock( )
Author: Woloson, Wendy A.
ISBN:978-0-226-90567-9
Publication Date:Apr 2010
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $163.95
Book Description:

The definitive history of pawnbroking in the United States from the nation's founding through the Great Depression, In Hock demonstrates that the pawnshop was essential to the rise of capitalism. The class of working poor created by this economic tide could make ends meet only, Wendy Woloson argues, by regularly pawning household objects to supplement inadequate wages. Nonetheless, businessmen, reformers, and cultural critics claimed that pawnshops promoted vice, and employed...
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Book Details
Pages:248
Detailed Subjects: Business & Economics / Finance / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):1.53 x 2.34 x 0.21 cm
Book Weight:0.49 Kilograms



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