Conventional wisdom dates the origins of activist federal government to the New Deal. William J. Novak shows that the roots run deeper. Tracing the gradual rise in demands for public-service government from the Civil War through the Progressive Era, he finds that attitudes about the role of the state changed long before FDR was in office.


Format Inbunden Omfång 384 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Harvard University Press Utgivningsdatum 2022-03-29 ISBN 9780674260443