Hoffer, Williamjames. <br/><br/>
To Enlarge the Machinery of Government :   Congressional Debates and the Growth of the American State, 1858–1891 /  
Williamjames Hull Hoffer. 
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<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-248) and index. 
<br/><br/>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". 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421428345 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Congress. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Debates and debating--United States.<br/>Federal government--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK246  / .H84 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.97309/034