A Sociological Perspective from the 19th Century to the Present
Authors: D. Marron
The object and scope of this book is the development of marketed consumer credit within the United States from the mid decades of the nineteenth century up until the present day.
Table of contents (13 chapters)
Introduction
Fishing for Sharks and Governing Small Loans
Consuming by Installments: The Rise of Retail Credit
Assembling the Automobile, Reassembling Thrift
Mass Credit, Mass Society, and Their Discontents
Plastic Credit, Plastic Lifestyles
Credit Reporting and Consumer Surveillance
Risk and Technologies of Credit Scoring
Borrowing on the Fringe: The Fate of the Risky
Risk, Identity, and the Consumer
“See How Lenders See You”: From Actuarial to Subjective Governance
Securing the Self
Conclusion: Taking Life