Contents:
1 A Flawed Prognosis
2 A New Era in State Government
3 Financing the Emerging State
4 Restructuring State Government
5 Adapting to the Automobile Age
6 Economic Depression and Accelerated Change
7 Working in the Shadows
8 Reform and Recognition
Epilogue: The Continuing Evolution
Notes
Index
Jon C. Teaford is a professor of history at Purdue University. His many books include Post-Suburbia: Government and Politics in the Edge Cities, The Twentieth-Century American City: Problem, Promise, and Reality, and The Rough Road to Renaissance: Urban Revitalization in America, 1940-1985, all published by Johns Hopkins.
This very thoughtful volume details the institutional
restructuring, refinancing, and rethinking of the purposes of state
government. A solid chronicle of the evolution of state government
in the US.
—Choice
Teaford, a respected urban historian, turns his attention to the
history of state government and provides a long overdue framework
for debate. One can only hope that this book will find as wide an
audience among historians as it deserves . . . The value of The
Rise of States is that it presents a bold argument for the aiding
strength of state government in the federal system.
—Rebecca Conard, Annals of Iowa
Efficiency, rationality, and 'scientific management' were
leitmotifs of the twentieth century from its start, and the states,
Teaford argues, were better positioned than the fettered giant in
Washington to partake of the experimental spirit of the age . . .
Teaford commendably serves a calming role for the caricature-prone
conversation over the states' place within American governance.
—John D. Donahue, American Historical Review
State governments, in Teaford's account, were resilient and
entrepreneurial regimes throughout the twentieth century . . . An
outstanding book. For years to come, it will surely be a standard
reference and starting point for those seeking to understand the
history of state government.
—Gerald Gamm, Journal of American History
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