Title In hock : pawning in America from independence through the Great Depression / Wendy A. Woloson.

Publication Info.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	332.3 WO	Check Shelf

Description	xiii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	In hock -- The "Jew broker" in American culture -- In defense of pawnbrokers -- The economies of everyday life -- Pawnbroking and criminal activity -- Loan societies and the legitimation of pawnbroking -- Unredeemed.
Subject	Pawnbroking -- United States -- History.
ISBN	9780226905679 cloth alkaline paper
	0226905675 cloth alkaline paper

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