Republic of Debtors

Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence

Bruce H. Mann

  • 2003 SHEAR Prize Sponsored by the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
  • 2003 Littleton-Griswold Prize of the American Historical Association
  • 2004 J. Willard Hurst Prize for the Best Book on the History of American Law and Society, Awarded by the Law and Society Association

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Debtors and Creditors

2. The Law of Failure

3. Imprisoned Debtors in the Early Republic

4. The Imagery of Insolvency

5. A Shadow Republic

6. The Politics of Insolvency

7. The Faces of Bankruptcy

Conclusion

Notes

Index

  • Cover: Republic of Debtors
  • A photo of the author

Author photo: F/B Photography

Bruce H. Mann is Carl F. Schipper, Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.