The Political Economy of the American Frontier
(Part of the Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1107514770
ISBN13:9781107514775
Release Date:April 2016
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:302 Pages
Weight:0.89 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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