Congress, Progressive Reform, and the New American State

Author: Harrison, Robert

Brand: Cambridge University Press

Binding: hardcover

Number Of Pages: 310

Release Date: 26-04-2004

Part Number: RKC1007783769

Details: 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.

EAN: 9780141014593

Package Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches

Languages: English