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245 14 a| The political development of American debt reliefh| [electronic resource] /c| Emily Zackin and Chloe N. Thurston.;

260 a| Chicago ;a| London :b| The University of Chicago Press,c| 2024.;

300 a| xiii, 233 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 24 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Preface: The mortgage mill grinds on -- Introduction: Bankruptcy is not a crime -- Debt relief and the states in times of crisis -- Federal bankruptcy law: from punishment to protection -- Reconstruction and the meaning of freedom -- Bankruptcy law as American statebuilding: the Act of 1898 -- A tale of two bankruptcies: protective and punitive bankruptcy law in the New Deal -- The missing movement: consumer debtors and their advocates in the twentieth century -- Creditor coordination and the erosion of debt relief -- Conclusion: debtor politics in the twenty-first century.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "This book is about why debt relief was a salient political issue for so long and why it then ceased to be one. It is also about the United States' constitutional tradition, and the contradictions it embodies. Tracing the geographic, sectoral, and racial politics of debt relief over time--and examining the roles that social movements, interest groups, and constitutional interpretation played--Emily Zackin and Chloe N. Thurston show how the politics of debt relief has interacted with race and other social hierarchies that have conditioned both state action and debtors' opportunities to mobilize. Although the twentieth and early twenty-first century saw the erosion of debt protection, history reminds us that Americans once mounted large-scale grassroots campaigns for debt relief. These activists made radical claims about economic justice, and they reshaped constitutional law and the American state"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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The political development of American debt relief / Emily Zackin and Chloe N. Thurston.

Author/creator	Zackin, Emily J., 1980-
Other author	Thurston, Chloe N., 1985-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2024.
Description	xiii, 233 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Debt relief--United States. --History. Debt relief--Political aspects. --United States. Bankruptcy--United States. --History.

Contents	Preface: The mortgage mill grinds on -- Introduction: Bankruptcy is not a crime -- Debt relief and the states in times of crisis -- Federal bankruptcy law: from punishment to protection -- Reconstruction and the meaning of freedom -- Bankruptcy law as American statebuilding: the Act of 1898 -- A tale of two bankruptcies: protective and punitive bankruptcy law in the New Deal -- The missing movement: consumer debtors and their advocates in the twentieth century -- Creditor coordination and the erosion of debt relief -- Conclusion: debtor politics in the twenty-first century.
Abstract	"This book is about why debt relief was a salient political issue for so long and why it then ceased to be one. It is also about the United States' constitutional tradition, and the contradictions it embodies. Tracing the geographic, sectoral, and racial politics of debt relief over time--and examining the roles that social movements, interest groups, and constitutional interpretation played--Emily Zackin and Chloe N. Thurston show how the politics of debt relief has interacted with race and other social hierarchies that have conditioned both state action and debtors' opportunities to mobilize. Although the twentieth and early twenty-first century saw the erosion of debt protection, history reminds us that Americans once mounted large-scale grassroots campaigns for debt relief. These activists made radical claims about economic justice, and they reshaped constitutional law and the American state"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2023039390
ISBN	9780226832357 (cloth)
ISBN	9780226832371 (paperback)
ISBN	(ebook)

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