Search Results - Civilization

The quest for civilization : encounters with Dutch jurisprudence, political economy,and statistics at the dawn of modern Japan / by Takeharu, Okubo

“…Japan Civilization Dutch influences.…”
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Ladies and gentlemen of the civil service middle-class workers in Victorian America / by Aron, Cindy Sondik, 1945-

Subjects: “…Civil service United States History 19th century.…”
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The union divided party conflict in the Civil War North / by Neely, Mark E.

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Beyond party cultures of antipartisanship in northern politics before the Civil War / by Voss-Hubbard, Mark

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Suffrage reconstructed : gender, race, and voting rights in the Civil War era / by Free, Laura E., 1971-

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The Qajar Pact bargaining, protest and the state in nineteenth-century Persia / by Martin, Vanessa

Subjects: “…Civil society Iran History 19th century.…”
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Defying disfranchisement Black voting rights activism in the Jim Crow South, 1890-1908 / by Riser, R. Volney

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Colonial culture in France since the revolution /

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A political nation new directions in mid-nineteenth-century American political history /

Table of Contents: “…Mills Thornton; The fate of northern Democrats after the Civil War: another look at the presidential election of 1868 / Erik B. …”
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To enlarge the machinery of government : congressional debates and the growth of the American state, 1858-1891 / by Hoffer, Williamjames

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : "badly in detail but well on the whole": the second state -- Prologue : "the great, noisy, reedy, jarring assembly" : the Capitol, lawyers, and public space -- A "government of states" : sponsorship and the first debate on land grant colleges, 1858-1861 -- "The object of a democratic government" : sponsorship and supervision of agriculture and land grant colleges, 1861-1863 -- "A government of law" : sponsoring and supervising the freedmen, abandoned lands, and refugees, 1863-1865 -- The "twin pillars" of the state : the supervision and standardization of education and law enforcement, 1865-1876 -- "To change the nature of the government" : standardizing schooling and the civil service, 1876-1883 -- "What constitutes a state" : supervising labor and commerce, 1883-1886 -- "A system entirely satisfactory to the country" : standardizing labor and the courts, 1886-1891 -- Conclusion : "to answer our purposes, it must be adapted".…”
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To Enlarge the Machinery of Government Congressional Debates and the Growth of the American State, 1858–1891 / by Hoffer, Williamjames

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : "badly in detail but well on the whole": the second state -- Prologue : "the great, noisy, reedy, jarring assembly" : the Capitol, lawyers, and public space -- A "government of states" : sponsorship and the first debate on land grant colleges, 1858-1861 -- "The object of a democratic government" : sponsorship and supervision of agriculture and land grant colleges, 1861-1863 -- "A government of law" : sponsoring and supervising the freedmen, abandoned lands, and refugees, 1863-1865 -- The "twin pillars" of the state : the supervision and standardization of education and law enforcement, 1865-1876 -- "To change the nature of the government" : standardizing schooling and the civil service, 1876-1883 -- "What constitutes a state" : supervising labor and commerce, 1883-1886 -- "A system entirely satisfactory to the country" : standardizing labor and the courts, 1886-1891 -- Conclusion : "to answer our purposes, it must be adapted".…”
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To Enlarge the Machinery of Government : Congressional Debates and the Growth of the American State, 1858–1891 / by Hoffer, Williamjames

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : "badly in detail but well on the whole": the second state -- Prologue : "the great, noisy, reedy, jarring assembly" : the Capitol, lawyers, and public space -- A "government of states" : sponsorship and the first debate on land grant colleges, 1858-1861 -- "The object of a democratic government" : sponsorship and supervision of agriculture and land grant colleges, 1861-1863 -- "A government of law" : sponsoring and supervising the freedmen, abandoned lands, and refugees, 1863-1865 -- The "twin pillars" of the state : the supervision and standardization of education and law enforcement, 1865-1876 -- "To change the nature of the government" : standardizing schooling and the civil service, 1876-1883 -- "What constitutes a state" : supervising labor and commerce, 1883-1886 -- "A system entirely satisfactory to the country" : standardizing labor and the courts, 1886-1891 -- Conclusion : "to answer our purposes, it must be adapted".…”
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