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The Not So Wild, Wild West - Property Rights on the Frontier (Hardcover, Fifth and Seven) Loot Price: R717
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The Not So Wild, Wild West - Property Rights on the Frontier (Hardcover, Fifth and Seven): Terry L. Anderson, Peter J. Hill

The Not So Wild, Wild West - Property Rights on the Frontier (Hardcover, Fifth and Seven)

Terry L. Anderson, Peter J. Hill

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Mention of the American West usually evokes images of rough and tumble cowboys, ranchers, and outlaws. In contrast, The Not So Wild, Wild West casts America's frontier history in a new framework that emphasizes the creation of institutions, both formal and informal, that facilitated cooperation rather than conflict. Rather than describing the frontier as a place where heroes met villains, this book argues that everyday people helped carve out legal institutions that tamed the West. The authors emphasize that ownership of resources evolves as those resources become more valuable or as establishing property rights becomes less costly. Rules evolving at the local level will be more effective because local people have a greater stake in the outcome. This theory is brought to life in the colorful history of Indians, fur trappers, buffalo hunters, cattle drovers, homesteaders, and miners. The book concludes with a chapter that takes lessons from the American frontier and applies them to our modern "frontiers"-the environment, developing countries, and space exploration.

General

Imprint: Stanford University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: May 2004
First published: 2004
Authors: Terry L. Anderson • Peter J. Hill
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth / Cloth
Pages: 280
Edition: Fifth and Seven
ISBN-13: 978-0-8047-4854-4
Categories: Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
LSN: 0-8047-4854-3
Barcode: 9780804748544

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