Debt as a social relation at the intersection of history and anthropology in the precarious economies of nineteenth-century liberalism

Drawing on perspectives from anthropology and social theory, this book explores the quotidian routines of debt collection in nineteenth-century capitalism. It f

Political philosophers, theorists and historians address what are the core values of liberalism and how can they best be promoted?

"The most dishonorable act that can dishonor a man." Such is Félix Grandet’s unsparing view of bankruptcy, adding that even a highway robber—who at least "

In the early twentieth century, wage loans became a major source of cash for workers all over the United States. From Black washerwomen to white foremen, Illino