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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      25 July 2009
      26 April 2004
      ISBN:
      9780511509810
      9780521827898
      9780521158145
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511509810
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.567kg, 310 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.45kg, 310 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, History, Politics and International Relations, Twentieth Century American History
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    Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, History, Politics and International Relations, Twentieth Century American History
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    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.

    Reviews

    "...an important book..." Political Science Quarterly

    "This is an excellent analysis of congressional politics during a critical era of American political history." R. Heineman, Alfred University, Choice

    "...this book is a valuable addition to the literature since it furthers our understanding os state building in the early 1900s and the role Congress played in that process." The Journal of American History, David R. Berman, Morrison Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

    "...Harrison provides a wonderful examination of the early twentieth century Progressive movement from the vantage point of Congress. This is an important book, which I believe will become, in short order, required reading in all graduate APD (American Political Development) courses." Jeffery A. Jenkins, Northwestern University

    "...well-researched, clearly-written, and provocative study...the study makes a significant constribution to early twentieth-century American political history and to a sharper definition of political progressivism." - American Historical Review, Steven L. Piott, Clarion University

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