| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 274 pages) |
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Harvard studies in business history ; 50 |
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Harvard studies in business history ; 50.
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| Contents |
Mercantile credit in Britain and America, 1700-1860 -- A "system of espionage": the origins of the credit-reporting firm -- Character, capacity, capital: how to be creditworthy -- Jewish merchants and the struggle over transparency -- Growth, competition, legitimacy: credit reporting in the late nineteenth century -- From competition to cooperation: the birth of the credit man, 1890-1920 -- Epilogue: Business credit reporting in the twenty-first century |
| Summary |
In the growing and dynamic economy of 19th century America, businesses sold vast quantities of goods to one another, mostly on credit. This book explains how business people solved the problem of whom to trust - how they determined who was deserving of credit, and for how much |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-268) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Commercial credit -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Mercantile system -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Corporate image -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
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Commercial credit
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Corporate image
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Mercantile system
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Kredietwaardigheid.
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Kredietverlening.
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United States
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Verenigde Staten.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780674041639 |
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0674041631 |
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