The evolution of a nation : how geography and law shaped the American states /
Although political and legal institutions are essential to any nation's economic development, the forces that have shaped these institutions are poorly understood. Drawing on rich evidence about the development of the American states from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, this b...
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Other Authors / Creators: | Clay, Karen. |
Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, ©2012. |
Series: | Princeton economic history of the Western world.
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Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
Summary: | Although political and legal institutions are essential to any nation's economic development, the forces that have shaped these institutions are poorly understood. Drawing on rich evidence about the development of the American states from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, this book documents the mechanisms through which geographical and historical conditions--such as climate, access to water transportation, and early legal systems--impacted political and judicial institutions and economic growth. The book shows how a state's geography and climate influenced whether elites based. Although political and legal institutions are essential to any nation's economic development, the forces that have shaped these institutions are poorly understood. Drawing on rich evidence about the development of the American states from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, this book documents the mechanisms through which geographical and historical conditions--such as climate, access to water transportation, and early legal systems--impacted political and judicial institutions and economic growth. |
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Item Description: | Print version record. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 234 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781400840540 1400840546 1283227487 9781283227483 |
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