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

Property Rules Political Economy in Chicago

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 10/25/1991 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226194844, 978-0226194844
      ISBN10: 0226194841
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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 HistoryA well-documented and informative classic on urban politics.Daniel W. Kwong, Law Books in Review

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