| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
colonies, territories, and states, 1619-2009 |
| Author: |
SquirePeverill, |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
Ann Arbor |
| Published: |
University of Michigan Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
2012 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (408 p.). |
| Series: |
Legislative politics & policy making |
| Subject: |
Legislative bodies - States - United States - |
| Subject: |
Legislative bodies - History - United States - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780472028405/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: |
9780472028405electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0472028405electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9780472118311hbk. |
| ISBN: |
0472118315hbk. |
| Content Note: |
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 -- Theodd evolutionary cases -- The institutionalizing of state legislaturesin the nineteenth century -- The professionalizing of state legislatures since 1900 -- Where does legislative evolution go from here? |