02880oam 22005894a 450 991046388430332120210915031139.01-4214-0241-6(CKB)3240000000068924(EBL)4398420(OCoLC)941695862(SSID)ssj0000607779(PQKBManifestationID)11382171(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607779(PQKBWorkID)10590096(PQKB)11045099(MiAaPQ)EBC4398420(OCoLC)794701461(MdBmJHUP)muse2827(Au-PeEL)EBL4398420(CaPaEBR)ebr11161137(EXLCZ)99324000000006892420061109d2007 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrTo Enlarge the Machinery of GovernmentCongressional Debates and the Growth of the American State, 1858–1891 /Williamjames Hull HofferBaltimore :Johns Hopkins University Press,2007.©2007.1 online resource (276 p.)Reconfiguring American political historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8018-8655-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-248) and index.Introduction : "badly in detail but well on the whole": the second state -- Prologue : "the great, noisy, reedy, jarring assembly" : the Capitol, lawyers, and public space -- A "government of states" : sponsorship and the first debate on land grant colleges, 1858-1861 -- "The object of a democratic government" : sponsorship and supervision of agriculture and land grant colleges, 1861-1863 -- "A government of law" : sponsoring and supervising the freedmen, abandoned lands, and refugees, 1863-1865 -- The "twin pillars" of the state : the supervision and standardization of education and law enforcement, 1865-1876 -- "To change the nature of the government" : standardizing schooling and the civil service, 1876-1883 -- "What constitutes a state" : supervising labor and commerce, 1883-1886 -- "A system entirely satisfactory to the country" : standardizing labor and the courts, 1886-1891 -- Conclusion : "to answer our purposes, it must be adapted".Reconfiguring American political history.Debates and debatingUnited StatesFederal governmentUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and government19th centuryElectronic books. Debates and debatingFederal government320.97309/034Hoffer Williamjames791870MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910463884303321To enlarge the machinery of government2064882UNINA