Property Rules

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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