The rise of the federal colossus : the growth of federal power from Lincoln to F.D.R. /
Federal officials contemplated providing jobs to the unemployed as early as the 1870s, while the origins of federal regulation of interstate railroads go back to the Civil War. How and when did the federal government expand the scope of the powers granted to it by the Constitution and evolve into an...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Santa Barbara, CA :
Praeger,
©2011.
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| Series: | Praeger series on American political culture.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Federal officials contemplated providing jobs to the unemployed as early as the 1870s, while the origins of federal regulation of interstate railroads go back to the Civil War. How and when did the federal government expand the scope of the powers granted to it by the Constitution and evolve into an entity that plays such an enormous role in the lives of ordinary Americans? |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 544 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-511) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780313392931 0313392935 9780313392948 0313392943 1283053357 9781283053358 9786613053350 661305335X |
