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Tables of Contents for Navigating Failure
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction: Risk and Wreckage in Antebellum America
1
24
PART ONE. The Roots of Misfortune
Perils of the Credit System
25
24
Guises of financial Vulnerability
49
20
PART TWO. The Institutional World of Bankruptey
Dilemmas of Failure
69
32
American Jubilee
101
34
The Art of Wrecking
135
30
PART THREE. The Promise of Economic Rebirth
Fresh Starts
165
18
Return to Proprietorship
183
20
Sidestepping the Credit System
203
18
Epilogue: Individual Bankruptcy and the Rise of American big Business
221
8
Note on Research Method
229
4
Notes
233
62
Bibliography
295
16
Index
311