TY  - BOOK
AU  - Squire,Peverill
TI  - The Evolution of American Legislatures: Colonies, Territories, and States, 1619-2009
T2  - Legislative Politics and Policy Making Series
SN  - 9780472028405
AV  - JK1021 
U1  - 328.7309 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Ann Arbor
PB  - University of Michigan Press
KW  - United States. Congress--History
KW  - Legislative bodies--United States--History
KW  - Legislative bodies--United States--States--History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- 1. Tracing How American Legislatures Changed Over Time -- 2. The Colonial Assemblies and the Beginnings of American Legislatures -- 3. The Original State Legislatures -- 4. The Missing Link: Territorial Legislatures -- 5. The Odd Evolutionary Cases -- 6. The Institutionalizing of State Legislatures in the Nineteenth Century -- 7. The Professionalizing of State Legislatures since 1900 -- 8. Where Does Legislative Evolution Go from Here? -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- References -- Index
N2  - Squire offers a comprehensive history of legislatures, core institutions in American political development
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3415065
ER  -