New Democracy: The Creation Of The Modern American State

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.

• | By (Author): William J. Novak
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 25, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 384 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0674260449
• | ISBN-13: 9780674260443