The Evolution of American Legislatures Colonies, Territories, and States, 1619-2009

The institutional development of American legislatures, beginning with the first colonial assembly of 1619, has been marked by continuity as well as change. Peverill Squire draws upon a wealth of primary sources to document this institutional history. Beginning with the ways in which colonial assemb...

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Hlavní autor:	Squire, Peverill
Médium:	E-kniha Kniha
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 25.06.2012
Vydání:	1
Edice:	Legislative Politics and Policy Making
Témata:	19th century American Government Colonies Constitution HISTORY Institutionalization Legislative bodies Legislative bodies > United States > History Legislative bodies > United States > States > History Legislative Branch Legislature POLITICAL SCIENCE State legislatures States Territory U.S.A United States United States. Congress United States. Congress > History United States
ISBN:	0472118315, 9780472118311, 0472035835, 9780472035830
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Front Matter Acknowledgments Table of Contents 1: Tracing How American Legislatures Changed Over Time 2: The Colonial Assemblies and the Beginnings of American Legislatures 3: The Original State Legislatures 4: The Missing Link: 5: The Odd Evolutionary Cases 6: The Institutionalizing of State Legislatures in the Nineteenth Century 7: The Professionalizing of State Legislatures since 1900 8: Where Does Legislative Evolution Go from Here? Notes Abbreviations References Index
7. The Professionalizing of State Legislatures since 1900 6. The Institutionalizing of State Legislatures in the Nineteenth Century 5. The Odd Evolutionary Cases 4. The Missing Link: Territorial Legislatures 3. The Original State Legislatures 2. The Colonial Assemblies and the Beginnings of American Legislatures 1. Tracing How American Legislatures Changed Over Time Contents Title Page, Copyright, Dedication Cover Index References Notes Abbreviations 8. Where Does Legislative Evolution Go from Here?
Intro -- Contents -- 1. Tracing How American Legislatures Changed Over Time -- 2. The Colonial Assemblies and the Beginnings of American Legislatures -- 3. The Original State Legislatures -- 4. The Missing Link: Territorial Legislatures -- 5. The Odd Evolutionary Cases -- 6. The Institutionalizing of State Legislatures in the Nineteenth Century -- 7. The Professionalizing of State Legislatures since 1900 -- 8. Where Does Legislative Evolution Go from Here? -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- References -- Index
Contents 1. Tracing How American Legislatures Changed Over Time 2. The Colonial Assemblies and the Beginnings of American Legislatures 3. The Original State Legislatures 4. The Missing Link: Territorial Legislatures 5. The Odd Evolutionary Cases 6. The Institutionalizing of State Legislatures in the Nineteenth Century 7. The Professionalizing of State Legislatures since 1900 8. Where Does Legislative Evolution Go from Here? Notes Abbreviations References Index
Tracing how American legislatures changed over time -- The colonial assemblies and the beginnings of American legislatures -- The original state legislatures -- The missing link: territorial legislatures -- The odd evolutionary cases -- The institutionalizing of state legislatures in the nineteenth century -- The professionalizing of state legislatures since 1900 -- Where does legislative evolution go from here?.