Working-class consumer credit in the UK, 1925-60: The role of the check trader

Economic History Review

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 378-405

  O'Connell, Sean ^a   Reid, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; ECONOMIC HISTORY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 18744375449     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2005.00308.x     Document Type: Review

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