Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations and Tables ix
4. Money and Measurements xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1 Credit and Old Regime Economies of Regard 21
8. Chapter 2 Critiques and Crises of the Credit System 56
9. Chapter 3 Incredible Style 96
10. Chapter 4 Credit in the Fashion Trades of Eighteenth-Century Paris 139
11. Chapter 5 Fashion Merchants 195
12. Chapter 6 Madame Déficit and Her Minister of Fashion 246
13. Chapter 7 Family Affairs 283
14. Conclusion Credit Is Dead! Long Live Credit! 316
15. Notes 329
16. Bibliography 383
17. Index 407