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Congress, progressive reform, and the new American state /

"Congress, Progressive Reform, and the New American State provides detailed case studies of congressional legislation relating to railroad regulation, labor relations, and social policy and analyzes party and faction divisions in the House and Senate. It finds evidence of a fairly cohesive move...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harrison, Robert, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.