03075oam 22006134a 450 991052489770332120251116182936.01-4214-0241-6(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 Hoffer1st ed.Baltimore :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".The "second stateera, Hoffer contends, offers valuable insight into how conceptions of American uniqueness contributed to the shape of the federal government.Reconfiguring American political history.Debates and debatingUnited StatesFederal governmentUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and government19th centuryElectronic books. Debates and debatingFederal government320.97309/034Hoffer Williamjames791870MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910524897703321To Enlarge the Machinery of Government2627739UNINA