Creating the American state : the moral reformers and the modern administrative world they made /

Creating the American state : the moral reformers and the modern administrative world they made /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stillman, Richard J., II, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
Administrative agencies > United States > History.
Bureaucracy > United States > History.
Public administration > United States > History.
Social reformers > United States > History.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: From whence the American state?
  • 2. George William Curtis: Leading missionary for merit
  • 3. Charles Francis Adams, Jr.: The conscience of the Sunshine Commission
  • 4. Emory Upton: Prophet for public professionalism
  • 5. Jane Addams: The call from the inner light for social reform
  • 6. Frederick W. Taylor: Latter-day puritan as scientific manager
  • 7. Richard S. Childs: Minister for the council-manager plan
  • 8. Louis Brownlow: Apostle of administrative management
  • 9. Conclusion: American state creation as moral transformation
  • Notes
  • Bibliographic essay
  • Index.

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