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When Good Government Meant Big Government

The Quest to Expand Federal Power, 1913–1933

By: Jesse Tarbert

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When Good Government Meant Big Government

The Quest to Expand Federal Power, 1913–1933

By: Jesse Tarbert

The years after World War I have often been seen as an era when Republican presidents and business leaders brought the growth of government in the United States to a sudden and emphatic halt. In When Good Government Meant Big Government, the historian Jesse Tarbert inverts the traditional story by revealing a forgotten effort by business-allied reformers to expand federal power—and how that effort was foiled by Southern Democrats and their political allies. Tarbert traces how a loose-knit coalition of corporate lawyers, bankers, executives, genteel reformers, and philanthropists emerged as the leading proponents of central control and national authority in government during the 1910s and 1920s. Motivated by principles of “good government” and using large national corporations as a model, these elite reformers sought to transform the federal government’s ineffectual executive branch into a modern organization with the capacity to solve national problems. They achieved some success during the presidency of Warren G. Harding, but the elite reformers’ support for federal antilynching legislation confirmed the worries of white Southerners who feared that federal power would pose a threat to white supremacy. Working with others who shared their preference for local control of public administration, Southern Democrats led a backlash that blocked enactment of the elite reformers’ broader vision for a responsive and responsible national government. Offering a novel perspective on politics and policy in the years before the New Deal, this book sheds new light on the roots of the modern American state and uncovers a crucial episode in the long history of racist and antigovernment forces in American life.

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When Good Government Meant Big Government

The Quest to Expand Federal Power, 1913–1933

By: Jesse Tarbert

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The Quest to Expand Federal Power, 1913–1933

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Tributes to My Father and Mother and Some Stories of My Life / Jesse Mercer Battle

By: Jesse Mercer Battle

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Tributes to My Father and Mother and Some Stories of My Life / Jesse Mercer Battle

By: Jesse Mercer Battle

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Sagwan Press

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1376648008

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When Good Government Meant Big Government

When Good Government Meant Big Government

When Good Government Meant Big Government

When Good Government Meant Big Government

Tributes to My Father and Mother and Some Stories of My Life / Jesse Mercer Battle

Tributes to My Father and Mother and Some Stories of My Life / Jesse Mercer Battle

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