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The Constitution and the Nation: The Regulatory State, 1890-1945

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The Constitution and the Nation: The Regulatory State, 1890-1945 - Schultz, David A (Editor), and Waldrep, Christopher, and Curry, Lynne
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The rapid acceleration of industrialization and the transformation of market capitalism that followed the Civil War provided new opportunities for employment and wealth for many Americans. But these opportunities came at a cost: overcrowded and unsanitary housing, long work hours in dangerous conditions, and child labor in factories and mines. At the nineteenth century's end, Progressivism emerged as a national movement to redress the extreme imbalances in wealth and power that had come to characterize American life and to ...

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The Constitution and the Nation: The Regulatory State, 1890-1945 2003, Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, New York

ISBN-13: 9780820457321

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