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The Political Economy of the American Frontier - Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions Murtazashvili, Ilia (University of Pittsburgh)
The Political Economy of the American Frontier - Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
Murtazashvili, Ilia (University of Pittsburgh)
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.
302 pages, 17 tables
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 28, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781107514775 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 302 |
| Dimensions | 215 × 230 × 15 mm · 682 g (Weight (estimated)) |
| Language | English |