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001 2012011075
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005 20121214085730.0
008 120328s2012 miua b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aJK1021$b.S69 2012
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100 1 $aSquire, Peverill.
245 14 $aThe evolution of American legislatures :$bcolonies, territories, and states, 1619-2009 /$cPeverill Squire.
260 $aAnn Arbor :$bUniversity of Michigan Press,$c2012.
300 $a440 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aLegislative politics & policy making
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aTracing how American legislatures changed over time -- The colonial assemblies and the beginnings of American legislatures -- The original state legislatures -- The missing link: territorial legislatures -- The odd evolutionary cases -- The institutionalizing of state legislatures in the nineteenth century -- The professionalizing of state legislatures since 1900 -- Where does legislative evolution go from here?.
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610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress$xHistory.