LEADER 04486nam 22008052 450 001 9910787766703321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-107-42405-4 010 $a1-139-89081-6 010 $a1-107-42184-5 010 $a1-107-41917-4 010 $a1-107-41646-9 010 $a1-107-42041-5 010 $a1-139-09409-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000433751 035 $a(EBL)1394543 035 $a(OCoLC)863821720 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000999547 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12362746 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000999547 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10942334 035 $a(PQKB)11224557 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139094092 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1394543 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1394543 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10795353 035 $a(PPN)186408382 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000433751 100 $a20110526d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe political economy of the American frontier /$fIlia Murtazashvili, University of Pittsburgh$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 282 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aPolitical economy of institutions and decisions 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-51477-0 311 $a1-107-01912-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; Part I. The Origins of Property Institutions: 2. A theory of claim clubs; 3. From spontaneous order to conscious choice: claim clubs on the frontier; 4. Bandits within the state: an assessment of claim clubs as property institutions; Part II. Change in Property Institutions: 5. Claim clubs, distributive conflict, and the origins of squatters' rights; 6. The political economy of homesteads; 7. The open floodgate in the far West; 8. The influence of claim clubs in the States; 9. Conclusion. 330 $aThis book offers an analytical explanation for the origins of and change in property institutions on the American frontier during the nineteenth century. Its scope is interdisciplinary, integrating insights from political science, economics, law and history. This book shows how claim clubs - informal governments established by squatters in each of the major frontier sectors of agriculture, mining, logging and ranching - substituted for the state as a source of private property institutions and how they changed the course of who received a legal title, and for what price, throughout the nineteenth century. Unlike existing analytical studies of the frontier that emphasize one or two sectors, this book considers all major sectors, as well as the relationship between informal and formal property institutions, while also proposing a novel theory of emergence and change in property institutions that provides a framework to interpret the complicated history of land laws in the United States. 410 0$aPolitical economy of institutions and decisions. 606 $aLand tenure$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aLand settlement$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aLand claim associations$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aMines and mineral resources$xEconomic aspects$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aLogging$xEconomic aspects$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aRanching$xEconomic aspects$zWest (U.S.)$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zWest (U.S.) 615 0$aLand tenure$xHistory 615 0$aLand settlement$xHistory 615 0$aLand claim associations$xHistory 615 0$aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects$xHistory 615 0$aMines and mineral resources$xEconomic aspects$xHistory 615 0$aLogging$xEconomic aspects$xHistory 615 0$aRanching$xEconomic aspects$xHistory 615 0$aFrontier and pioneer life 676 $a333.3/17809034 686 $aPOL040000$2bisacsh 700 $aMurtazashvili$b Ilia$f1975-$01481860 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787766703321 996 $aThe political economy of the American frontier$93699120 997 $aUNINA