Property Rules: Political Economy in Chicago, 1833-1872 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226194868)

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

Author: Robin L. Einhorn
ISBN-10: 0226194868
ISBN-13: 9780226194868
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2001
Pages: 314
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.04w x 0.69d