centuries. A mortgage allowed a loan to be secured with land or other property, and the practice has been linked to the … transformation of the agrarian economy that paved the way for modern economic growth. Historians have viewed the mortgage both … variety of forms that the mortgage took, and show how an intricate balance was struck between the interests of the borrower …

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Creditworthiness and credit risks -- Between promise and peril : credit and debt at … field experience in Mexico, 1930s-1940s / Nicole Mottier -- Consumer credit as a civil right in America, 1968-1976 / Enrico …