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‘One aspect of the affluent consumer society that has largely gone unnoticed by sociologists is the extent to which it rests upon the institution of consumer credit.’ Thus writes David Caplovitz (1969, p. 641), an American University Professor specializing in consumer credit. There could hardly be a better introduction to this chapter which looks at the way consumer credit is practised in the United States.
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Gelpi, RM., Julien-Labruyère, F. (2000). The American Way. In: The History of Consumer Credit: Doctrines and Practices. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230554511_8
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