The political economy of the American frontier / / Ilia Murtazashvili,University of Pittsburgh.
"This book offers an analytical explanation for the origins of and change in property institutions on the American frontier during the nineteenth century. Its scope is interdisciplinary, integrating insights from political science, economics, law, and history. This book shows how claim clubs -...
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Murtazashvili, Ilia, 1975- The political economy of the American frontier / Ilia Murtazashvili,University of Pittsburgh. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. 1 online resource (303 pages) : illustrations, maps. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Political economy of institutions and decisions Includes bibliographical references and index. Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; Part I. The Origins of Property Institutions: 2. A theory of claim clubs; 3. From spontaneous order to conscious choice: claim clubs on the frontier; 4. Bandits within the state: an assessment of claim clubs as property institutions; Part II. Change in Property Institutions: 5. Claim clubs, distributive conflict, and the origins of squatters' rights; 6. The political economy of homesteads; 7. The open floodgate in the far West; 8. The influence of claim clubs in the States; 9. Conclusion. "This book offers an analytical explanation for the origins of and change in property institutions on the American frontier during the nineteenth century. Its scope is interdisciplinary, integrating insights from political science, economics, law, and history. This book shows how claim clubs - informal governments established by squatters in each of the major frontier sectors of agriculture, mining, logging, and ranching - substituted for the state as a source of private property institutions and how they changed the course of who received a legal title, and for what price, throughout the nineteenth century. Unlike existing analytical studies of the frontier that emphasize one or two sectors, this book considers all major sectors, as well as the relationship between informal and formal property institutions, while also proposing a novel theory of emergence and change in property institutions that provides a framework to interpret the complicated history of land laws in the United States"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. Land tenure West (U.S.) History 19th century. Land settlement West (U.S.) History 19th century. Land claim associations West (U.S.) History 19th century. Agriculture Economic aspects West (U.S.) History 19th century. Mines and mineral resources Economic aspects West (U.S.) History 19th century. Logging Economic aspects West (U.S.) History 19th century. Ranching Economic aspects West (U.S.) History 19th century. Frontier and pioneer life West (U.S.) Electronic books. Print version: Murtazashvili, Ilia. Political economy of the American frontier. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013 xv, 282 pages Political economy of institutions and decisions 9781107019126 (DLC) 2013012346 ProQuest (Firm) https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/oeawat/detail.action?docID=1394543 Click to View |
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