A government out of sight : the mystery of national authority in nineteenth-century America / Brian Balogh.
| Author/creator | Balogh, Brian |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. |
| Description | xi, 414 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Why look back? -- How Americans lost sight of the state : adapting republican virtue to liberal self-interest -- Between revolutions : the promise of the developmental vision -- "To strengthen and perpetuate that union" : republican political economy -- Outside the boundaries : "powers and energies in the extreme parts" -- The uncontested state : letters, law, localities -- Restoring "spontaneous action and self-regulation" : civil war and civil society -- Judicial exceptions to Gilded Age laissez-faire -- "A special form of associative action" : new liberalism and the national integration of public and private -- Conclusion: Sighting the twentieth-century state. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2008054803 |
| ISBN | 9780521820974 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0521820979 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780521527866 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0521527864 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | JK216 .B33 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |