Before Banks : The Making of Credit and Debt in Preindustrial France, Hardcov...

by Elise M. Dermineur

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Before Banks : The Making of Credit and Debt in Preindustrial France, Hardcover by Dermineur, Elise M., ISBN 1009502646, ISBN-13 9781009502641, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This innovative work delves into the world of ordinary early modern women and men and their relationship with credit and debt. Elise Dermineur focuses on the rural seigneuries of Delle and Florimont in the south of Alsace, where rich archival documents allow for a fine cross-analysis of credit transactions and the reconstruction of credit networks from to 1790. She examines the various credit instruments at ordinary people's disposal, the role of women in credit markets, and the social, legal, and economic experiences of indebtedness. Th's distinctive focus on peer-to-peer lending sheds light on how and why pre-industrial interpersonal exchanges featured flexibility, diversity, fairness, solidarity and reciprocity, and room for negotiation and renegotiation. Before Banks also offers insight into factors informing our present financial system and suggests that we can learn from the past to create a fairer society and economy.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2025
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781009502641
• Condition: Fine

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