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"Introduction". A Culture of Credit: Embedding Trust and Transparency in American Business, Cambridge, MA and London, England: Harvard University Press, 2006, pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674041639-intro

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Frontmatter i
Acknowledgments vii
Contents ix
Introduction 1
1. Mercantile Credit in Britain and America, 1700–1860 13
2. A “System of Espionage”: The Origins of the Credit-Reporting Firm 36
3. Character, Capacity, Capital: How to Be Creditworthy 80
4. Jewish Merchants and the Struggle over Transparency 119
5. Growth, Competition, Legitimacy: Credit Reporting in the Late Nineteenth Century 139
6. From Competition to Cooperation: The Birth of the Credit Man, 1890–1920 174
Epilogue: Business Credit Reporting in the Twenty-First Century 201
Notes 211
Index 269

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Acknowledgments vii
Contents ix
Introduction 1
1. Mercantile Credit in Britain and America, 1700–1860 13
2. A “System of Espionage”: The Origins of the Credit-Reporting Firm 36
3. Character, Capacity, Capital: How to Be Creditworthy 80
4. Jewish Merchants and the Struggle over Transparency 119
5. Growth, Competition, Legitimacy: Credit Reporting in the Late Nineteenth Century 139
6. From Competition to Cooperation: The Birth of the Credit Man, 1890–1920 174
Epilogue: Business Credit Reporting in the Twenty-First Century 201
Notes 211
Index 269

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