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Community, Economy, and Law in a Time of Change
Schlegel, John Henry
The University of Michigan Press
12/2022
438
Mole
Inglês
9780472055616
15 a 20 dias
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Preface
Introduction
Part I -- Law and Economic Change in America
Before 1865: An Archipelago of Agricultural/Trading Economies
The Seventies and Eighties: Competition and its Avoidance
The Nineties and Teens: Trying To Tame Competition in the Real Economy
The Twenties and Thirties: An Associationist Ideal
The Forties and Fifties: Associationalism at Work
The Sixties and Seventies: A Troubled Economy
The Eighties and Nineties: Trying to Build an Economy
The Twentieth Century: And Then It All Collapsed
Understanding Economic Change
Part II - Community and Economic Change in America: Buffalo, Queen City of the Great Lakes
Buffalo's Geographic Setting
The Local Geography
Buffalo's Community Structure
Before 1865: A Small, But Growing Place on the Niagara Frontier
The Seventies and Eighties: No Longer a Small Town
The Nineties and Teens: A Big City
The Twenties and Thirties: Moving Ahead While Lagging Behind
The Forties and Fifties: "These Precious Days"
The Sixties and Seventies: The Centre Did Not Hold
The Eighties and Nineties: Bottoming Out
The Twentieth Century: Maybe, . . .Hard To Tell
Understanding Economic Change in Buffalo: A Coda
Part III - Thinking About Economic Development
Cities and the Wealth of Nations Recounted
Of Nature
Of Grace
Of the Invisible Hand
Of Drift
Saving Pieces
Part IV - Consider Buffalo
Some Perspectives
Strengths, Problems & Political Context
The Difficulty of Avoiding Transactions of Decline
Making Buffalo Attractive to the Middle Classes
And Well Schooled
Et Cetera
Part V - What Then About America?
Some Perspectives on America
Strengths, Problems & Political Context
Transactions of Decline?
Making America Attractive to the Middle Classes
And Well Schooled
Et Cetera
Is Conclusion Even Possible?
A Note For Historians
Acknowledgments
Suggested Readings
Introduction
Part I -- Law and Economic Change in America
Before 1865: An Archipelago of Agricultural/Trading Economies
The Seventies and Eighties: Competition and its Avoidance
The Nineties and Teens: Trying To Tame Competition in the Real Economy
The Twenties and Thirties: An Associationist Ideal
The Forties and Fifties: Associationalism at Work
The Sixties and Seventies: A Troubled Economy
The Eighties and Nineties: Trying to Build an Economy
The Twentieth Century: And Then It All Collapsed
Understanding Economic Change
Part II - Community and Economic Change in America: Buffalo, Queen City of the Great Lakes
Buffalo's Geographic Setting
The Local Geography
Buffalo's Community Structure
Before 1865: A Small, But Growing Place on the Niagara Frontier
The Seventies and Eighties: No Longer a Small Town
The Nineties and Teens: A Big City
The Twenties and Thirties: Moving Ahead While Lagging Behind
The Forties and Fifties: "These Precious Days"
The Sixties and Seventies: The Centre Did Not Hold
The Eighties and Nineties: Bottoming Out
The Twentieth Century: Maybe, . . .Hard To Tell
Understanding Economic Change in Buffalo: A Coda
Part III - Thinking About Economic Development
Cities and the Wealth of Nations Recounted
Of Nature
Of Grace
Of the Invisible Hand
Of Drift
Saving Pieces
Part IV - Consider Buffalo
Some Perspectives
Strengths, Problems & Political Context
The Difficulty of Avoiding Transactions of Decline
Making Buffalo Attractive to the Middle Classes
And Well Schooled
Et Cetera
Part V - What Then About America?
Some Perspectives on America
Strengths, Problems & Political Context
Transactions of Decline?
Making America Attractive to the Middle Classes
And Well Schooled
Et Cetera
Is Conclusion Even Possible?
A Note For Historians
Acknowledgments
Suggested Readings
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Preface
Introduction
Part I -- Law and Economic Change in America
Before 1865: An Archipelago of Agricultural/Trading Economies
The Seventies and Eighties: Competition and its Avoidance
The Nineties and Teens: Trying To Tame Competition in the Real Economy
The Twenties and Thirties: An Associationist Ideal
The Forties and Fifties: Associationalism at Work
The Sixties and Seventies: A Troubled Economy
The Eighties and Nineties: Trying to Build an Economy
The Twentieth Century: And Then It All Collapsed
Understanding Economic Change
Part II - Community and Economic Change in America: Buffalo, Queen City of the Great Lakes
Buffalo's Geographic Setting
The Local Geography
Buffalo's Community Structure
Before 1865: A Small, But Growing Place on the Niagara Frontier
The Seventies and Eighties: No Longer a Small Town
The Nineties and Teens: A Big City
The Twenties and Thirties: Moving Ahead While Lagging Behind
The Forties and Fifties: "These Precious Days"
The Sixties and Seventies: The Centre Did Not Hold
The Eighties and Nineties: Bottoming Out
The Twentieth Century: Maybe, . . .Hard To Tell
Understanding Economic Change in Buffalo: A Coda
Part III - Thinking About Economic Development
Cities and the Wealth of Nations Recounted
Of Nature
Of Grace
Of the Invisible Hand
Of Drift
Saving Pieces
Part IV - Consider Buffalo
Some Perspectives
Strengths, Problems & Political Context
The Difficulty of Avoiding Transactions of Decline
Making Buffalo Attractive to the Middle Classes
And Well Schooled
Et Cetera
Part V - What Then About America?
Some Perspectives on America
Strengths, Problems & Political Context
Transactions of Decline?
Making America Attractive to the Middle Classes
And Well Schooled
Et Cetera
Is Conclusion Even Possible?
A Note For Historians
Acknowledgments
Suggested Readings
Introduction
Part I -- Law and Economic Change in America
Before 1865: An Archipelago of Agricultural/Trading Economies
The Seventies and Eighties: Competition and its Avoidance
The Nineties and Teens: Trying To Tame Competition in the Real Economy
The Twenties and Thirties: An Associationist Ideal
The Forties and Fifties: Associationalism at Work
The Sixties and Seventies: A Troubled Economy
The Eighties and Nineties: Trying to Build an Economy
The Twentieth Century: And Then It All Collapsed
Understanding Economic Change
Part II - Community and Economic Change in America: Buffalo, Queen City of the Great Lakes
Buffalo's Geographic Setting
The Local Geography
Buffalo's Community Structure
Before 1865: A Small, But Growing Place on the Niagara Frontier
The Seventies and Eighties: No Longer a Small Town
The Nineties and Teens: A Big City
The Twenties and Thirties: Moving Ahead While Lagging Behind
The Forties and Fifties: "These Precious Days"
The Sixties and Seventies: The Centre Did Not Hold
The Eighties and Nineties: Bottoming Out
The Twentieth Century: Maybe, . . .Hard To Tell
Understanding Economic Change in Buffalo: A Coda
Part III - Thinking About Economic Development
Cities and the Wealth of Nations Recounted
Of Nature
Of Grace
Of the Invisible Hand
Of Drift
Saving Pieces
Part IV - Consider Buffalo
Some Perspectives
Strengths, Problems & Political Context
The Difficulty of Avoiding Transactions of Decline
Making Buffalo Attractive to the Middle Classes
And Well Schooled
Et Cetera
Part V - What Then About America?
Some Perspectives on America
Strengths, Problems & Political Context
Transactions of Decline?
Making America Attractive to the Middle Classes
And Well Schooled
Et Cetera
Is Conclusion Even Possible?
A Note For Historians
Acknowledgments
Suggested Readings
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