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020 _z801886554X (hbk.: alk. paper)
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050 0 4 _aJK246
_b.H84 2007
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_222
100 1 _aHoffer, Williamjames.
245 1 0 _aTo Enlarge the Machinery of Government
_bCongressional Debates and the Growth of the American State, 1858-1891 /
_cWilliamjames Hull Hoffer.
264 1 _bJohns Hopkins University Press,
264 3 _bProject MUSE,
300 _a1 online resource (xiii, 258 p.)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-248) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : "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".
506 0 _aOpen Access
_fUnrestricted online access
_2star
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y19th century.
650 0 _aDebates and debating
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aFederal government
_zUnited States.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
_edistributor
830 0 _aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/3490/
945 _aProject MUSE - Archive History Foundation
945 _aProject MUSE - Archive Complete Foundation
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