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To Enlarge the Machinery of Government

Congressional Debates and the Growth of the American State, 1858–1891

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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How did the federal government change from the weak apparatus of the antebellum period to the large, administrative state of the Progressive Era? To Enlarge the Machinery of Government explores the daily proceedings of the U.S. House and Senate from 1858 to 1891 to find answers to this question. Through close readings of debates centered around sponsorship, supervision, and standardization recorded in the Congressional Globe and Congressional Record during this period, Williamjames Hull Hoffer traces a critical shift in ideas that ultimately ushered in Progressive legislation: the willingness of American citizens to allow, and in fact ask for, federal intervention in their daily lives. He describes this era of congressional thought as a "second state," distinct from both the minimalist approaches that came before and the Progressive state building that developed later. The "second state" era, Hoffer contends, offers valuable insight into how conceptions of American uniqueness contributed to the shape of the federal government.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-11-12
Mått152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt522 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieReconfiguring American Political History
Antal sidor280
FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN9780801886553

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Introduction: "Badly in Detail but Well on the Whole": The Second StatePrologue: "The Great, Noisy, Reedy, Jarring Assembly": The Capitol, Lawyers, and Public Space1. A "Government of States": Sponsorship and the First Debate on Land Grant Colleges, 1858–18612. "The Object of a Democratic Government": Sponsorship and Supervision of Agriculture and Land Grant Colleges, 1861–18633. "A Government of Law": Sponsoring and Supervising the Freedmen, Abandoned Lands, and Refugees, 1863–18654. The "Two Great Pillars" of the State: The Supervision and Standardization of Education and Law Enforcement, 1865–18765. "To Change the Nature of the Government": Standardizing Schooling and the Civil Service, 1876–18836. "What Constitutes a State": Supervising Labor and Commerce, 1883–18867. "A System Entirely Satisfactory to the Country": Standardizing Labor and the Courts, 1886–1891Conclusion: "To Answer Our Purposes, It Must Be Adapted"AcknowledgmentsNotesEssay on SourcesIndex

A lively and engaging account. -- Matt Field APSA Legislative Studies Section Newsletter 2008 Hoffer has offered a provocative challenge to the standard telling of American state development and future scholars would do well to take his argument seriously. -- D. Michael Bottoms Civil War Book Review 2008 Ideally suited for constitutional scholars in history, political science, and law... Academic and law libraries should definitely add it to their collections. -- Thomas A. Upchurch American Historical Review 2008