The definitive history of pawnbroking in the United States from the nation’s founding through the Great Depression, In Hock demonstrates that the pawnshop was essential to the rise of capitalism. The class of working poor created by this economic tide could make ends meet only, Wendy Woloson...

<DIV><DIV><DIV>The definitive history of pawnbroking in the United States from the nation’s founding through the Great Depression, <I>In Hock</I> demonstrates that the pawnshop was essential to the rise of capitalism. The class of working poor created by this economic tide could make ends meet only, Wendy Woloson...</i></div></div></div>