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- catalog abstract ""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."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog alternative "Property rights on the frontier".
- catalog contributor b13198465.
- catalog contributor b13198466.
- catalog coverage "West (U.S.) Economic conditions.".
- catalog coverage "West (U.S.) Economic policy.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""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.".".
- catalog description ""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."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Heros, villains, and real cowboys -- The institutions that tamed the West -- Property rights in Indian country -- Might takes rights in Indian country -- Soft gold : traders, trappers, and hunters -- There's property rights in them thar hills -- Wagon train governments -- Cowboys and contracts -- Home on the range -- Making the desert bloom -- New frontiers.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-250) and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 263 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Not so wild, wild west.".
- catalog identifier "0804748543 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Not so wild, wild west.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Economics and Finance,".
- catalog relation "Not so wild, wild west.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.) Economic conditions.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.) Economic policy.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "333.3/0978/09034 22".
- catalog subject "Common good History.".
- catalog subject "HC107.A17 A85 2004".
- catalog subject "Property West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog subject "Public lands West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog subject "Right of property West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Heros, villains, and real cowboys -- The institutions that tamed the West -- Property rights in Indian country -- Might takes rights in Indian country -- Soft gold : traders, trappers, and hunters -- There's property rights in them thar hills -- Wagon train governments -- Cowboys and contracts -- Home on the range -- Making the desert bloom -- New frontiers.".
- catalog title "Property rights on the frontier".
- catalog title "The not so wild, wild west : property rights on the frontier / Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".