Culture of Everday Credit, 1750-1920 Housekeeping, Pawnbroking, and Governance in Mexico City |
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| Author:
| Francois, Marie Eileen |
| Series title: | Engendering Latin America Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-73521-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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A Culture of Everyday Credit shows how Mexican women have depended on credit to run their households since the Bourbon era and how the collateral credit business of pawnbroking developed into a profitable enterprise built on the demand for housekeeping loans as restrictions on usury waned during the nineteenth century.
A Culture of Everyday Credit shows how Mexican women have depended on credit to run their households since the Bourbon era and how the collateral credit business of pawnbroking developed into a profitable enterprise built on the demand for housekeeping loans as restrictions on usury waned during the nineteenth century.