Congress, Progressive Reform, and the New American State

by Robert Harrison

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521158141
• ISBN13: 9780521158145
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"