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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779141903321

Autore

Squire Peverill

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-88051-1

9786613721822

0-472-02840-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Legislative politics & policy making

Disciplina

328.7309

Soggetti

Legislative bodies - United States - History

Legislative bodies - United States - States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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?.