To Enlarge the Machinery of Government Congressional Debates and the Growth of the American State, 1858-1891

• Autore principale: Hoffer, Williamjames Hull (auth)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: Johns Hopkins University Press 2007
• Soggetti: History of the Americas
• Accesso online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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.Thro...