How did the federal government change from the weak apparatus of
the antebellum period to the large, administrative state of the
Progressive Era? To Enlarge the Machinery of Government explores
the daily proceedings of the U.S. House and Senate from 1858 to
1891 to find answers to this question.
Through close readings of debates centered around sponsorship,
supervision, and standardization recorded in the Congressional
Globe and Congressional Record during this period, Williamjames
Hull Hoffer traces a critical shift in ideas that ultimately
ushered in Progressive legislation: the willingness of American
citizens to allow, and in fact ask for, federal intervention in
their daily lives. He describes this era of congressional thought
as a "second state," distinct from both the minimalist approaches
that came before and the Progressive state building that developed
later. The "second state" era, Hoffer contends, offers valuable
insight into how conceptions of American uniqueness contributed to
the shape of the federal government.
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