An edition of A government out of sight
(2007)
A government out of sight
the mystery of national authority in nineteenth-century America
by Brian Balogh
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Conservatism, Free enterprise, History, Liberalism, Politics and government, Progressivism (United States politics), Progressivism (united states politics), United states, politics and government, 19th century, Overheid, Openbaar bestuur, Konservativismus, Liberalismus, USA / RegierungPlaces
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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