Statebuilding from the Margins : between Reconstruction and the New Deal / edited by Carol Nackenoff and Julie Novkov.

Contributor Nackenoff, Carol.

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2014.

Descriptionvi, 311 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Introduction : statebuilding in the Progressive Era: a continuing dilemma in American political development -- ch. 1. Making citizens of freedmen and polygamists / Julie Novkov -- ch. 2. Demagogues and the demon drink : newspapers and the revival of prohibition in Georgia / Marek D. Steedman -- ch. 3. Statebuilding through corruption : graft and trash in Pittsburgh and New Orleans / Kathleen Sullivan and Patricia Strach -- ch. 4. Developing the animal welfare state / Susan J. Pearson and Kimberly K. Smith -- ch. 5. Wildlife protection and the development of centralized governance in the Progressive Era / Ann-Marie Szymanski -- ch. 6. The house that Julia (and friends) built : networking the Chicago juvenile court / Carol Nackenoff and Kathleen Sullivan -- ch. 7. Housing reform and the origins of mortgage redlining in the United States / James L. Greer.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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