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" Navigating failure : "
Edward J. Balleisen
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BL
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701597
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b523786
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| Main Entry
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Balleisen, Edward J
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| Title & Author
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Navigating failure : : bankruptcy and commercial society in Antebellum America /\ Edward J. Balleisen
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| Publication Statement
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Chapel Hill :: University of North Carolina Press,, [2001]
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, ©2001
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| Series Statement
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The Luther Hartwell Hodges series on business, society, and the state
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xv, 322 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm
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0807826006
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: 0807849162
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: 9780807826003
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: 9780807849163
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-309) and index
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| Abstract
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Using rich and previously overlooked court records generated by the 1841 Federal Bankruptcy Act, Edward Balleisen explores the economic roots and social meanings of bankruptcy, assessing the impact of widespread insolvency on the evolution of American law, business culture, and commercial society
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Bankruptcy-- United States-- History-- 19th century
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Social mobility-- United States-- History-- 19th century
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United States, Economic conditions, To 1865
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| Dewey Classification
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332.7/5/097309033
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HG3766.B22 2001
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