The evolution of American legislatures : colonies, territories, and states, 1619-2009 /

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The institutional development of American legislatures, beginning with the first colonial assembly of 1619, has been marked by continuity as well as change. Peverill Squire draws upon a wealth of primary sources to document this institutional history. Beginning with the ways in which colonial assemb...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Squire, Peverill
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2012.
Series:Legislative politics & policy making.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress > History.
United States. > Congress
Legislative bodies > United States > History.
Legislative bodies > United States > States > History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > Legislative Branch.
Legislative bodies
Legislative bodies > U.S. states
United States
Academic Dissertation
dissertations.
Academic theses
History
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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?

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