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UNINA9910457362503321 |
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Autore |
Williams Brett |
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Titolo |
Debt for Sale : A Social History of the Credit Trap / / Brett Williams |
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Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] |
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1-283-21125-4 |
9786613211255 |
0-8122-0078-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (161 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Consumer credit - United States |
Debt - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-147) and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- 1 Don't Charge This Book! -- 2 Calling All Convenience Users -- 3 Rustling Up Revolvers -- 4 Seducing Students -- 5 Pummeling the Poor -- 6 Search for Solutions -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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Credit and debt appear to be natural, permanent facets of Americans' lives, but a debt-based economy and debt-financed lifestyles are actually recent inventions. In 1951 Diners Club issued a plastic card that enabled patrons to pay for their meals at select New York City restaurants at the end of each month. Soon other "charge cards" (as they were then known) offered the convenience for travelers throughout the United States to pay for hotels, food, and entertainment on credit. In the 1970's the advent of computers and the deregulation of banking created an explosion in credit card use-and consumer debt. With gigantic national banks and computer systems that allowed variable interest rates, consumer screening, mass mailings, and methods to discipline slow payers with penalties and fees, middle-class Americans experienced a sea change in their lives. Given the enormous profits from issuing credit, banks and chain stores used aggressive marketing to reach Americans experiencing such crises as divorce or unemployment, to help them make ends meet or to persuade them that |
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they could live beyond their means. After banks exhausted the profits from this group of people, they moved into the market for college credit cards and student loans and then into predatory lending (through check-cashing stores and pawnshops) to the poor. In 2003, Americans owed nearly |
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UNINA9910785683303321 |
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Autore |
Causton E. E. N. |
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Militarism and foreign policy in Japan / / E.E.N. Causton |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011, c1936 |
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1-136-92791-3 |
1-136-92792-1 |
1-283-03808-0 |
9786613038081 |
0-203-84553-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (106 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge library editions.Japan ; ; v. 28 |
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Chauvinism and jingoism |
Militarism - Japan |
Militarism |
Japan Foreign relations |
Japan Politics and government |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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BOOK COVER; TITLE01; COPYRIGHT01; TITLE02; COPYRIGHT02; AUTHOR'S PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; CONTENTS; CHAPTER ONE: THE BACKGROUND FOR A MILITARIST APPEAL; CHAPTER TWO: THE DEFECTS OF JAPANESE DEMOCRACY; CHAPTER THREE: THE POSITION OF THE MILITARY; CHAPTER FOUR: THE RESTORATION AND AFTER; CHAPTER FIVE: THE IMPLICATIONS OF 1931; CHAPTER SIX: THE REVIVAL OF MILITARY INFLUENCE; CONCLUSION; THE CONSTITUTION OF JAPAN; |
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The Manchurian ""Incident"" of 1931 led to a Japanese occupation, the birth of Manchoukuo and the withdrawal of Japan from the League of Nations. At the time it seemed as if the army and navy were exerting a supreme influence. This volume points out that this influence is not new and that there are strong reasons for its existence and continuance. It shows how it is fostered by the peculiar political structure of the country, and how, though often unintelligible to Europeans, it may be understood and accounted for in the light of the historical and political background of Japan. </P |
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