Walking with moneylenders: The ecology of the UK home-collected credit industry

Urban Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 161-186

  Leyshon, Andrew ^a   Signoretta, Paola ^a   Knights, David ^b   Alferoff, Catrina ^b   Burton, Dawn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SERVICES; INDUSTRY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 30744434166     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980500409326     Document Type: Article

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