Property Rules: Political Economy in Chicago, 1833-1872

ISBN-13: 9780226194868 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 296 str.

Robin L. Lrobin Leigh Einhorn

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In "Property Rules," Robin L. Einhorn uses City Council records-previously thought destroyed-and census data to track the course of city government in Chicago, providing an important reinterpretation of the relationship between political and social structures in the nineteenth-century American city.
A Choice "Outstanding Academic Book"
" A] masterful study of policy-making in Chicago." "Choice"
" A] major contribution to urban and political history. . . . A]n excellent book." Jeffrey S. Adler, "American Historical Review"
" A]n enlightening trip. . . . Einhorn's foray helps make sense out of the transition from Jacksonian to Gilded Age politics on the local level. . . . She] has staked out new ground that others would do well to explore." Arnold R. Hirsch, "American Journal of Legal History"
"A well-documented and informative classic on urban politics." Daniel W. Kwong, "Law Books in Review""