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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