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02760aam a22004214a 4500 001 5C153E6069C611E69620BACFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160824014144 008 061109s2007 mdu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2006037746 020 $a 9780801886553 (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 0801886554 (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 801886554X (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9788018865545 (hardcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)76167517 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d BTCTA $d BAKER $d C#P $d YDXCP $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK246 $b .H84 2007 082 00 $a 320.97309/034 $2 22 100 1 $a Hoffer, Williamjames 245 10 $a To enlarge the machinery of government : $b congressional debates and the growth of the American state, 1858-1891 / $c Williamjames Hull Hoffer. 260 $a Baltimore : $b Johns Hopkins University Press, $c 2007. 300 $a xiii, 258 p. ; $c 24 cm. 440 0 $a Reconfiguring American political history 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-248) and index. 505 0 $a 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". 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 19th century 650 0 $a Federal government $z United States. 610 10 $a United States. $b Congress 650 0 $a Debates and debating $z United States. 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip074/2006037746.html 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0713/2006037746-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0713/2006037746-d.html 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018015244.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824032707.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5C153E6069C611E69620BACFDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search