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In hock : pawning in America from independence through the Great Depression /

Woloson, Wendy A., 1964-

In hock : pawning in America from independence through the Great Depression / Wendy A. Woloson. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2009. - xiii, 233 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-222) and index.

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.

9780226905679 0226905675

2009018828


Pawnbroking--History.--United States

HG2101 / .W656 2009

332.3/40973

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