Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Chapter One. Introduction 1
6. Chapter Two. The Local Becomes Global 16
7. Chapter Three. Usury, Ethnicity, and the Market 34
8. Chapter Four. What Do Notaries Do? 54
9. Chapter Five. Credit the Wife 86
10. Chapter Six. Monopoly, Continuity, and Change 108
11. Chapter Seven. Conclusion 124
12. Appendix. Regression Analysis from Chapter 5 129
13. Notes 135
14. Bibliography 149
15. Index 159