The poverty of disaster : debt and insecurity in eighteenth-century Britain / Tawny Paul. [electroni...
The poverty of disaster : debt and insecurity in eighteenth-century Britain / Tawny Paul. [electroni...
The poverty of disaster : debt and insecurity in eighteenth-century Britain / Tawny Paul. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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English
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1 online resource (xiii, 285 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
The scale of incarceration : debt and the middling sort -- Credit and the economic structures of insecurity -- Social structures of insecurity -- Keeping in credit : reputation and gender -- Occupational identities and the precariousness of work -- Punishing the body : harm and the coercive nature o...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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England
Date Published
2019.
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Eighteenth-century Britain is often understood as a time of commercial success, economic growth, and improving living standards. Yet during this period, tens of thousands of men and women were imprisoned for failing to pay their debts. The Poverty of Disaster tells their stories, focusing on the experiences of the middle classes who enjoyed opportu...
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The poverty of disaster : debt and insecurity in eighteenth-century Britain / Tawny Paul. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge studies in early modern British history
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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74VKaz07rNWX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz07rNWX
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1-108-69054-8
1-108-75569-0
1-108-75274-8
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362.5/0942
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991024402490902626
