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The Evolution of a Nation: How Geography and Law Shaped the American States
Daniel Berkowitz
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Description for The Evolution of a Nation: How Geography and Law Shaped the American States
Hardback. Based on 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. Series: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 58 line illus. 48 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; KCZ; LAZ; RGCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
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 their wealth in agriculture or trade. States with more occupationally diverse elites in 1860 had greater levels of ... Read more
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 their wealth in agriculture or trade. States with more occupationally diverse elites in 1860 had greater levels of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691136042
SKU
V9780691136042
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About Daniel Berkowitz
Daniel Berkowitz is professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh. Karen B. Clay is associate professor of economics at Carnegie Mellon University.
Reviews for The Evolution of a Nation: How Geography and Law Shaped the American States
"In this book, economists Berkowitz and Clay use variation across U.S. states as a sort of historical economic laboratory. Drawing on a wide array of quantitative and qualitative data sources, they lay out and document the connections among a number of geographic and climatic characteristics and the extent of political competition that emerged in each state... This is an important ... Read more