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The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier
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The Independent Review
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October 1, 2005
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* The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier By Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2004. Pp. xii, 263. $24.95 cloth.
As the tide suggests, Terry Anderson and P. J. Hill's new book is not about the exploits of Butch Cassidy, Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid, or John Wayne. Radier, it is an analytical narrative about the property rights established in the North American West to allocate land and other exploitable assets, such as beavers, gold, silver, and water. I use the term analytical narrative because even though the book has a clear theory underlying its analysis, it does not present the kind of analysis that composes the daily diet ...
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