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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| Place / Publishing House: | New York : : Cambridge University Press,, 2013. |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Political economy of institutions and decisions
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (303 pages) :; illustrations, maps. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.