The rise of the states : evolution of American state government
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The rise of the states : evolution of American state government
（The Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science, 120th ser.,
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780801868887
Description
Urban historian Jon C. Teaford explores the development of state government in the United States from the end of the 19th century to the so-called renaissance of states at the end of the 20th. Arguing that state governments were not lethargic backwaters that suddenly stirred to life in the 1980s, Teaford shows instead how state governments were continually adapting and expanding throughout the past century. While previous historical scholarship focused on the states, if at all, as retrograde relics of simpler times, Teaford describes how states actively assumed new responsibilities, developed new sources of revenue, and created new institutions. Teaford examines the evolution of the structure, function, and finances of state government during the Progressive Era, the 1920s, the Great Depression, the post-World War II years, and the post-reapportionment era beginning in the late 1960s. State governments, he explains, played an active role not only in the creation, governance, and management of the political units that made up the state but also in dealing with the growth of business, industries, and education. Not all states chose the same solutions to common problems.
For Teaford, the diversity of responses points to the growing vitality and maturity of state governments as the 20th century unfolded.
Table of Contents
Contents:
1 A Flawed Prognosis
2 A New Era in State Government
3 Financing the Emerging State
4 Restructuring State Government
5 Adapting to the Automobile Age
6 Economic Depression and Accelerated Change
7 Working in the Shadows
8 Reform and Recognition
Epilogue: The Continuing Evolution
Notes
Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780801868894
Description
Urban historian Jon C. Teaford explores the development of state government in the United States from the end of the 19th century to the so-called renaissance of states at the end of the 20th. Arguing that state governments were not lethargic backwaters that suddenly stirred to life in the 1980s, Teaford shows instead how state governments were continually adapting and expanding throughout the past century. While previous historical scholarship focused on the states, if at all, as retrograde relics of simpler times, Teaford describes how states actively assumed new responsibilities, developed new sources of revenue, and created new institutions. Teaford examines the evolution of the structure, function, and finances of state government during the Progressive Era, the 1920s, the Great Depression, the post-World War II years, and the post-reapportionment era beginning in the late 1960s. State governments, he explains, played an active role not only in the creation, governance, and management of the political units that made up the state but also in dealing with the growth of business, industries, and education. Not all states chose the same solutions to common problems.
For Teaford, the diversity of responses points to the growing vitality and maturity of state governments as the 20th century unfolded.
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