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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Squire, Peverill (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2012.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
United States. > Congress.
United States. > Congress > History.
Legislative bodies > U.S. states.
Legislative bodies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > Legislative Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Legislative bodies > United States > States > History.
Legislative bodies > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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