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Product Identifiers

PublisherMBI Publishing Company LLC

ISBN-10076031618X

ISBN-139780760316184

eBay Product ID (ePID)16038435832

Product Key Features

Book TitleBig Rigs of the 1960s

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2004

TopicAutomotive / General, General, Agriculture / General

IllustratorYes

FeaturesRevised

GenreTransportation, Technology & Engineering

AuthorRonald G. Adams

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight18.1 Oz

Item Length10.6 in

Item Width8.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2003-064592

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal629.224

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisGovernments and development agencies spend considerable resources building property and company registries to protect property rights. When these efforts succeed, owners feel secure enough to invest in their property and banks are able use it as collateral for credit. Similarly, firms prosper when entrepreneurs can transform their firms into legal entities and thus contract more safely. Unfortunately, developing registries is harder than it may seem to observers, especially in developed countries, where registries are often taken for granted. As a result, policies in this area usually disappoint. Benito Arruñada aims to avoid such failures by deepening our understanding of both the value of registries and the organizational requirements for constructing them. Presenting a theory of how registries strengthen property rights and reduce transaction costs, he analyzes the major trade-offs and proposes principles for successfully building registries in countries at different stages of development. Arruñada focuses on land and company registries, explaining the difficulties they face, including current challenges like the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States and the dubious efforts made in developing countries toward universal land titling. Broadening the account, he extends his analytical framework to other registries, including intellectual property and organized exchanges of financial derivatives. With its nuanced presentation of the theoretical and practical implications, Institutional Foundations of Impersonal Exchange significantly expands our understanding of how public registries facilitate economic growth., This book follows on the heels of "Big Rigs of the 1950s, which has proven popular with vintage truck fans. This book tackles a new era, the 1960s, providing views of the trucks that traveled America's highways during that decade. Photography again comes from the enormous archive of Ron Adams, author of "Big Rigs of the 1950s, Mack Trucks, and "100 Years of Semi Trucks. Each prominent manufacturer receives its own chapter, and less prominent brands are also covered. Adams provides detailed information about the truck models pictured, as well as the trailers, trucking companies, and hauling configurations seen in the photographs.

LC Classification NumberTL230.5.T73A3324