The Evolution of a Nation : How Geography and Law Shaped the American States /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Berkowitz, Daniel
Otros Autores: Clay, Karen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
U.S. states > Politics and government.
U.S. states > Economic conditions.
State governments.
Law > U.S. states.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civics & Citizenship.
Droit > États-Unis > États > Histoire.
Law > United States > States > History.
State governments > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Introduction -- Legal initial conditions -- Initial conditions and state political competition -- The mechanism -- State courts -- Legislatures and courts -- Institutions and outcomes. 
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