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In Property Rules, Robin L. Einhorn uses City Council records-previously thought destroyed-and census data to track the course of city government in Chicago, providing an important reinterpretation of the relationship between political and social structures in the nineteenth-century American city.

A Choice "Outstanding Academic Book"
"[A] masterful study of policy-making in Chicago."—Choice

"[A] major contribution to urban and political history. . . . [A]n excellent book."—Jeffrey S. Adler, American Historical Review

"[A]n enlightening trip. . . . Einhorn's foray helps make sense out of the transition from Jacksonian to Gilded Age politics on the local level. . . . [She] has staked out new ground that others would do well to explore."—Arnold R. Hirsch, American Journal of Legal History

"A well-documented and informative classic on urban politics."—Daniel W. Kwong, Law Books in Review

Property Rules: Political Economy in Chicago, 1833-1872

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In Property Rules, Robin L. Einhorn uses City Council records-previously thought destroyed-and census data to track the course of city... Read more

    Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
    Publication Date: 01/12/2001
    ISBN13: 9780226194868, 978-0226194868
    ISBN10: 0226194868

    Number of Pages: 314

    Non Fiction , History

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    In Property Rules, Robin L. Einhorn uses City Council records-previously thought destroyed-and census data to track the course of city government in Chicago, providing an important reinterpretation of the relationship between political and social structures in the nineteenth-century American city.

    A Choice "Outstanding Academic Book"
    "[A] masterful study of policy-making in Chicago."—Choice

    "[A] major contribution to urban and political history. . . . [A]n excellent book."—Jeffrey S. Adler, American Historical Review

    "[A]n enlightening trip. . . . Einhorn's foray helps make sense out of the transition from Jacksonian to Gilded Age politics on the local level. . . . [She] has staked out new ground that others would do well to explore."—Arnold R. Hirsch, American Journal of Legal History

    "A well-documented and informative classic on urban politics."—Daniel W. Kwong, Law Books in Review

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