Consumer Credit in the United States

1. Introduction
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2. Fishing for Sharks and Governing Small Loans
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3. Consuming by Installments: The Rise of Retail Credit
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4. Assembling the Automobile, Reassembling Thrift
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5. Mass Credit, Mass Society, and Their Discontents
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6. Plastic Credit, Plastic Lifestyles
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7. Credit Reporting and Consumer Surveillance
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8. Risk and Technologies of Credit Scoring
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9. Borrowing on the Fringe: The Fate of the Risky
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10. Risk, Identity, and the Consumer
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11. “See How Lenders See You”: From Actuarial to Subjective Governance
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12. Securing the Self
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13. Conclusion: Taking Life
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Avainsanat: Political Science and International Relations, Development Studies, Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Regional and Cultural Studies, Sociology, general, Sociology of Sport and Leisure