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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Pawnbroking"”.
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Round the Corner: Pawnbroking in the Victorian Novel
… finance. Deemed indispensable yet sinful, pawnbroking was at the center of a moral and financial argument that continued long after the landmark Pawnbrokers' Act of 1872.</p><p>Little has been written about the pawn shop's history, particularly its Victorian expansion. A handful of …
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The Regulation and Development of the British Moneylending and Pawnbroking Markets, 1870-2016.
… and development of the moneylending and pawnbroking markets in Britain since the 1870s. The six regulatory episodes examined illustrate how the role of state intervention in these markets has been debated, and how it has evolved. The thesis asks: what were the motivations for reform, …
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Economic and Religious Significance of the Islamic and Conventional Pawnbroking in Malaysia: Behavioural and Perception Analysis
… economic climate. In Malaysia for instance, the pawnbroking business has served people in need of small instant cash since the 19th century in various forms. Due to the excessive interest rate and other malpractices imposed by the conventional pawnshops, Malaysian government initiated the first …