Property Rights and Dynamics of Institutional Change: The Closing of the Georgia Open Range, 1870-1900
<p>The traditional agricultural practice in Georgia from colonial times until after the Civil War allowed animals to roam the countryside freely and forced farmers to erect fences around their growing crops. All unfenced land, therefore, was considered common pasture that could be used by anyo...
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https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/2780/1/Kantor_se_1991.pdfKantor, Shawn Everett (1991) Property Rights and Dynamics of Institutional Change: The Closing of the Georgia Open Range, 1870-1900. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. doi:10.7907/e2vp-8958. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06292007-140435 <https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechETD:etd-06292007-140435>