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To enlarge the machinery of government congressional debates and the growth of the American state, 1858-1891
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To enlarge the machinery of government [electronic resource] : congressional debates and the growth of the American state, 1858-1891 / Williamjames Hull Hoffer.
ISBN
1421402416
9781421402413
0801886554 (hbk. : alk. paper)
801886554X (hbk.: alk. paper)
9780801886553 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9788018865545 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 258 p. )
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 13, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-248) and index.
Contents
Introduction : "badly in detail but well on the whole": the second state
Prologue : "the great, noisy, reedy, jarring assembly" : the Capitol, lawyers, and public space
A "government of states" : sponsorship and the first debate on land grant colleges, 1858-1861
"The object of a democratic government" : sponsorship and supervision of agriculture and land grant colleges, 1861-1863
"A government of law" : sponsoring and supervising the freedmen, abandoned lands, and refugees, 1863-1865
The "twin pillars" of the state : the supervision and standardization of education and law enforcement, 1865-1876
"To change the nature of the government" : standardizing schooling and the civil service, 1876-1883
"What constitutes a state" : supervising labor and commerce, 1883-1886
"A system entirely satisfactory to the country" : standardizing labor and the courts, 1886-1891
Conclusion : "to answer our purposes, it must be adapted".
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