1 Debtors and Creditors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Debtors and Creditors 6
6. 2 The Law of Failure 34
7. 3 Imprisoned Debtors in the Early Republic 78
8. 4 The Imagery of Insolvency 109
9. 5 A Shadow Republic 147
10. 6 The Politics of Insolvency 166
11. 7 The Faces of Bankruptcy 221
12. Conclusion 254
13. Notes 265
14. Index 339