02669nam 2200613 a 450 991046006350332120200520144314.01-283-05335-797866130533500-313-39294-3(CKB)2670000000081587(EBL)763059(OCoLC)713182185(SSID)ssj0000488971(PQKBManifestationID)12186177(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000488971(PQKBWorkID)10457729(PQKB)10939591(MiAaPQ)EBC763059(Au-PeEL)EBL763059(CaPaEBR)ebr10497495(CaONFJC)MIL305335(EXLCZ)99267000000008158720100902d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rise of the federal colossus[electronic resource] the growth of federal power from Lincoln to F.D.R. /Peter ZavodnyikSanta Barbara, Calif. Praegerc20111 online resource (566 p.)Praeger series on American political cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-313-39293-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [505]-511) and index.Cover; Contents; Series Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 Federalism and War, 1861-1865; Chapter 2 The Constitution Obscured, 1865-1877; Chapter 3 Federalism in the Gilded Age, 1877-1901; Chapter 4 The Progressive Era and American Federalism, 1901-1921; Chapter 5 Places at the Trough, 1921-1933; Notes; Select Bibliography; IndexFederal officials contemplated providing jobs to the unemployed as early as the 1870s, while the origins of federal regulation of interstate railroads go back to the Civil War. How and when did the federal government expand the scope of the powers granted to it by the Constitution and evolve into an entity that plays such an enormous role in the lives of ordinary Americans?Praeger series on American political culture.Federal governmentUnited StatesHistoryConstitutional historyUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and government1865-1933Electronic books.Federal governmentHistory.Constitutional history320.473/04909034Zavodnyik Peter1969-990697MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460063503321The rise of the federal colossus2266833UNINA