02691cam a2200433 i 4500 22251579 BJBSDDR 20260204155104.0 ta 210901s2022 mau b 001 0 eng 2021036818 9780674260443 (cloth) 0674260449 (cloth) MH/DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng pcc n-us--- JK 31 N935n 2022 320.973 Novak, William J, 1961- 42145 New democracy : the creation of the modern American state / William J. Novak. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022. viii, 373 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: The progressive pursuit of a modern democratic state -- Citizenship: the origins of modern American constitutionalism -- Police power: the state and the transformation of American public law -- Public utility: the origins of modern business regulation -- Social legislation: from social welfare to social police -- Antimonopoly: regulated industries and the social control of capitalism -- Democratic administration: public service and social provision -- Conclusion: The myth of the New Deal state. "Between 1866 and 1932 - between the Civil War and the New Deal - the American system of governance was fundamentally transformed with momentous implications for modern American social and economic life. Nineteenth-century traditions of local self-government and associative citizenship were replaced by a modern approach to positive statecraft, social legislation, economic regulation, and public administration very much with us today. This later turn-of-the-century revolution in governance is best characterized as "The Creation of the Modern American State." This was the second great act in the political history of American democracy, broadly construed"-- Provided by publisher. Democracy United States History 19th century. Democracia Estados Unidos 2815 Democracy United States History 20th century. United States Politics and government 19th century. United States Politics and government 20th century. Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 2191 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 123520 123520 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2025-05-21 0 JK 31 N935n 2022 00000192810 2025-05-21 00:00:00 1 2025-05-21 BK