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04096aam a2200457 i 4500 001 13C2E814AF2611EC897049F049ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220329010112 008 210821s2022 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021038276 020 $a 0231189737 020 $a 9780231189736 020 $a 0231189729 020 $a 9780231189729 035 $a (OCoLC)1268120950 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d UKMGB $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK325 $b .T37 2022 082 00 $a 321.02/0973 $2 23 100 1 $a Tarbert, Jesse, $e author. 245 10 $a When good government meant big government : $b the quest to expand federal power, 1913-1933 / $c Jesse Tarbert. 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a vi, 256 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Administration and accommodation : before 1913 -- The elite reformers in exile : 1913-1918 -- After the armistice : spring 1919 -- The budget debate : 1919-1920 -- The dark horse : 1920-1921 -- Early success : spring and summer 1921 -- Equal protection under law : 1921-1923 -- Backlash : spring and summer 1923 -- Southern strength : 1923-1924 -- Congressional counteroffensive : spring 1924 -- Low expectations : 1924-1927 -- The great engineer : 1929-1931 -- Dashed hopes : 1930-1933. 520 $a "The years after World War I have often been seen as an era when Republican presidents and business leaders brought the growth of government in the United States to a sudden and emphatic halt. In When Good Government Meant Big Government, the historian Jesse Tarbert inverts the traditional story by revealing a forgotten effort by business-allied reformers to expand federal power-and how that effort was foiled by Southern Democrats and their political allies. Tarbert traces how a loose-knit coalition of corporate lawyers, bankers, executives, genteel reformers, and philanthropists emerged as the leading proponents of central control and national authority in government during the 1910s and 1920s. Motivated by principles of "good government" and using large national corporations as a model, these elite reformers sought to transform the federal government's ineffectual executive branch into a modern organization with the capacity to solve national problems. They achieved some success during the presidency of Warren G. Harding, but the elite reformers' support for federal antilynching legislation confirmed the worries of white Southerners who feared that federal power would pose a threat to white supremacy. Working with others who shared their preference for local control of public administration, Southern Democrats led a backlash that blocked enactment of the elite reformers' broader vision for a responsive and responsible national government. Offering a novel perspective on politics and policy in the years before the New Deal, this book sheds new light on the roots of the modern American state and uncovers a crucial episode in the long history of racist and antigovernment forces in American life"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Federal government $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Public administration $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1913-1921. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1919-1933. 650 7 $a Federal government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00922333 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Public administration. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01081976 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Tarbert, Jesse. $t When good government meant big government $d New York : Columbia University Press, [2022] $z 9780231548489 $w (DLC) 2021038277 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117015232.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=13C2E814AF2611EC897049F049ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search