To Enlarge the Machinery of Government: Congressional Debates and the Growth of the American State, 1858-1891 (Hardcover)

Introduction: "Badly in Detail but Well on the Whole": The Second State
Prologue: "The Great, Noisy, Reedy, Jarring Assembly": The Capitol, Lawyers, and Public Space
1. A "Government of States": Sponsorship and the First Debate on Land Grant Colleges, 1858?1861
2. "The Object of a Democratic Government": Sponsorship and Supervision of Agriculture and Land Grant Colleges, 1861?1863
3. "A Government of Law": Sponsoring and Supervising the Freedmen, Abandoned Lands, and Refugees, 1863?1865
4. The "Two Great Pillars" of the State: The Supervision and Standardization of Education and Law Enforcement, 1865?1876
5. "To Change the Nature of the Government": Standardizing Schooling and the Civil Service, 1876?1883
6. "What Constitutes a State": Supervising Labor and Commerce, 1883?1886
7. "A System Entirely Satisfactory to the Country": Standardizing Labor and the Courts, 1886?1891
Conclusion: "To Answer Our Purposes, It Must Be Adapted"
Acknowledgments
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index