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The evolution of American legislatures : colonies, territories, and states, 1619-2009 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Squire, Peverill
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2012.
Series:Legislative politics & policy making.
Subjects:
Legislative bodies > United States > States > History.
Legislative bodies > United States > History.
United States. > Congress > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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?.