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The evolution of American legislatures : colonies, territories, and states, 1619-2009 / Peverill Squire.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Squire, Peverill.
- Series:
- Legislative politics & policy making
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress--History.
- United States.
- United States. Congress.
- History.
- Legislative bodies--United States--History.
- Legislative bodies.
- Legislative bodies--United States--States--History.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2012.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Tracing how American legislatures changed over time
- The colonial assemblies and the beginnings of American legislatures
- The original state legislatures
- The missing link: territorial legislatures
- The odd evolutionary cases
- The institutionalizing of state legislatures in the nineteenth century
- The professionalizing of state legislatures since 1900
- Where does legislative evolution go from here?.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472118311
- 9780472028405
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.4401998
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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