The good consumer: Credit reporting and the invention of financial identity in the United States, 1840-1940

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 686-694

  Lauer, Josh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 78649459006     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: 14672235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/es/khq091     Document Type: Article

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