Congress, Progressive Reform, and the New American StateCambridge University Press, 2004 M04 26 - 293 páginas 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. |
Contenido
| 1 | |
2 Congress and the Nation | 13 |
3 The Troubled Subject of Railroad Regulation in the Progressive Era | 50 |
4 Congress and the Labor Question | 97 |
Congress and the District of Columbia | 125 |
6 The Senate and Progressive Reform | 156 |
7 Patterns of Republican Insurgency in the House of Representatives | 192 |
8 Progressivism Democratic Style | 229 |
9 Congress Progressive Reform and the New American State | 255 |
Appendix The Analysis of Roll Calls | 277 |
| 281 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Congress, Progressive Reform, and the New American State Robert Harrison Sin vista previa disponible - 2010 |
Congress, Progressive Reform, and the New American State Robert Harrison Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |
Términos y frases comunes
administrative Albert Aldrich Allison amendment American Political antitrust April Bailey Beveridge MSS Bristow Cambridge Cannon Chicago child labor cluster Commission Committee congressional conservative constituted corporate Cummins Democratic Party District of Columbia Dolliver duties economic election Esch favor February federal Follette MSS George Norris Gompers Harvard University Press Hechler Henry Cabot Lodge Hepburn Act Hepburn bill History injunction insurgents interests Interstate Commerce Interstate Commerce Commission Iowa Irvine Lenroot issue James January John John Sharp Williams La Follette leaders leadership legislation Lenroot majority March Midwestern Murdock Nelson Norris MSS Outlook Payne-Aldrich Tariff playgrounds President Progressive Era progressive reform Progressivism protection Pure Food railroad regulation regulatory Republican party Republicans voted Robert roll calls Roots of Reform rules Sarasohn sectional Senate shippers SHSW Skowronek social policy Speaker Spooner Taft Tawney Theodore Roosevelt tion Victor Murdock Washington William Allen White Wisconsin York