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...