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Category : Legislative journals
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
Journal of the Session of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislative journals
Languages : en
Pages : 928
Book Description
Journal
Author: Pennsylvania. General Assembly. SenatePublisher:
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Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 926
Book Description
The Right of Instruction and Representation in American Legislatures, 1778 to 1900
Author: Peverill SquirePublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472128477
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
The Right of Instruction and Representation in American Legislatures, 1778 to 1900 provides a comprehensive analysis of the role constituent instructions played in American politics for more than a hundred years after its founding. Constituent instructions were more widely issued than previously thought, and members of state legislatures and Congress were more likely to obey them than political scientists and historians have assumed. Peverill Squire expands our understanding of constituent instructions beyond a handful of high-profile cases, through analyses of two unique data sets: one examining more than 5,000 actionable communications (instructions and requests) sent to state legislators by constituents through town meetings, mass meetings, and local representative bodies; the other examines more than 6,600 actionable communications directed by state legislatures to their state’s congressional delegations. He draws the data, examples, and quotes almost entirely from original sources, including government documents such as legislative journals, session laws, town and county records, and newspaper stories, as well as diaries, memoirs, and other contemporary sources. Squire also includes instructions to and from Confederate state legislatures in both data sets. In every respect, the Confederate state legislatures mirrored the legislatures that preceded and followed them.
Legislative Record
Author: Pennsylvania. General AssemblyPublisher:
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Category : Legislative journals
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
A Checklist of American Imprints for ...
Author: Catalog of Government Publications in the Research Libraries
Author: New York Public Library. Economic and Public Affairs DivisionPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Over the Alleghenies
Author: Robert J. KapschPublisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Between 1826 and 1858 the state of Pennsylvania built and operated the largest and most technologically advanced system of canals and railroads in North America-almost one thousand miles of transport that stretched from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and beyond. The construction of this ambitious transportation system was accompanied by great euphoria. It was widely believed that the revenue created from these canals and railroads would eliminate the need for all taxes on state citizens. Yet with the Panic of 1837, a financial crisis much like boom and bust cycle that ended in 2008, a deep recession fell across the country. By 1858, Pennsylvania had sold all canals and railroads to private companies, often for pennies-on-the-dollar. Over the Alleghenies: Early Canals and Railroads of Pennsylvania is the definitive history of the state of Pennsylvania's incredible canal and railroad system. Although often condemned as a colossal failure, this construction effort remains an innovative, magnificent feat that ushered in modern transportation to Pennsylvania and the entire country. With extensive primary research, over one hundred illustrations, newspapers clippings, and charts and graphs, Over the Alleghenies examines and dissects the infrastructure project that bankrupted the wealthiest state in the Union.
Author: Pennsylvania
Author: Pennsylvania
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