The evolution of a nation : how geography and law shaped the American states /

Show other versions (1)

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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Berkowitz, Daniel
Other Authors: Clay, Karen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, ©2012.
Series:Princeton economic history of the Western world.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1850-2000.
U.S. states > Politics and government.
State governments > United States > History.
Law > United States > States > History.
U.S. states > Economic conditions.
Droit > États-Unis > États > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civics & Citizenship.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
Law > U.S. states.
State governments.
Geographie.
Nationenbildung.
Recht.
United States.
USA.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Legal initial conditions
  • Initial conditions and state political competition
  • The mechanism
  • State courts
  • Legislatures and courts
  • Institutions and outcomes.

Similar Items