Navigating Failure: Bankruptcy and Commercial Society in Antebellum America by Edward J. Balleisen

Navigating Failure: Bankruptcy and Commercial Society in Antebellum America

The Luther H. Hodges Jr. and Luther H. Hodges Sr. Business, Entrepreneurship, and Public P

Edward J. Balleisen

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nonfiction business history sociology
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The self-made man is a familiar figure in nineteenth-century American history. But the relentless expansion of market relations that facilitated such stories of commercial success also ensured that individual bankruptcy would become a prominent fe...

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