The Political Economy of the American Frontier |
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| Author:
| Murtazashvili, Ilia |
| Series title: | Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-51477-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2016 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $47.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.