Creating the American State: The Moral Reformers and the Modern Administrative World They Made

by Richard Stillman

Book Overview

In this illuminating and provocative study, Stillman provides a new understanding of the foundation of the American state.

Whether renewing a driver's license, traveling on an airplane, or just watching in fascination as a robot probes Mars, we all participate in the everyday workings of the modern administrative state. As Stillman demonstrates in this study, however, we have not, until now, fully investigated or appreciated this administrative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817312099
• ISBN13: 9780817312091
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.6"