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Congress, progressive reform, and the new American state / Robert Harrison.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harrison, Robert, 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress--History--20th century.
- United States.
- United States. Congress--Powers and duties--History--20th century.
- Progressivism (United States politics)--History--20th century.
- Progressivism (United States politics).
- Legislative power--United States--History--20th century.
- Legislative power.
- Legislation--United States--Cases.
- Legislation.
- United States--Politics and government--1901-1953.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 293 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Congress, Progressive Reform, & the New American State
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Congress, Progressive Reform and the New American State uses a series of case-studies of reform legislation in Congress during the early twentieth century to explore the nature of progressivism and the processes of political change which resulted in the establishment of the modern American state. Among the topics covered are railroad regulation, labor relations, social policy of the District of Columbia, Republican insurgency, and the nature of Democratic progressivism. This work will be of interest to students of twentieth-century political history, the history of Congress, and the origins of the modern American state.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Congress and the nation
- The troubled subject of railroad regulation in the progressive era
- Congress and the "labor question"
- The ideal of a "model city" : Congress and the District of Columbia
- The Senate and progressive reform
- Patterns of republican insurgency in the House of Representatives
- Progressivism, democratic style
- Congress, progressive reform, and the new American state.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-107-14741-7
- 1-280-47779-2
- 0-511-19519-2
- 0-511-19585-0
- 0-511-19378-5
- 0-511-31421-3
- 0-511-50981-2
- 0-511-19452-8
- OCLC:
- 171138755
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