Outlawing the Spoils: A History of the Civil Service Reform Movement, 1865-1883University of Illinois Press, 1961 - 306 pages Civil service reform was a major political issue in the post-Civil War United States. It made and broke presidents, would-be presidents, and a number of lesser political futures. No other American movement has claimed more intellectual and social leaders. Among them were Henry Adams, Carl Schurz, E. L. Godkin, George William Curtis, Charles Eliot Norton, Henry C. Lea, and Henry Villard. This books examines the reform movement using both standard historical techniques and the methodology of the sociologist and social psychologist to mirror the role of civil service reformers while showing the history of their movement. |
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... The Politicos , 1865–1896 ( New York , 1938 ) , pp . 276-277 , 319 , 321-323 . E. E. Schattschneider , Party Government ( New York , 1942 ) , pp . 137-140 . The quotation is found on pp . 139–140 . 5 Richard Hofstadter , The Age of ...
... The Politicos , 1865–1896 ( New York , 1938 ) , pp . 276-277 , 319 , 321-323 . E. E. Schattschneider , Party Government ( New York , 1942 ) , pp . 137-140 . The quotation is found on pp . 139–140 . 5 Richard Hofstadter , The Age of ...
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... The Politicos , 1865- 1896 ( New York , 1938 ) , pp . 314-315 . This analysis of Conkling's loss of power follows closely that of the author of " The Meaning of Mr. Conkling's ' Mistake , ' " Nation , XXXII , No. 831 ( June 2 , 1881 ) ...
... The Politicos , 1865- 1896 ( New York , 1938 ) , pp . 314-315 . This analysis of Conkling's loss of power follows closely that of the author of " The Meaning of Mr. Conkling's ' Mistake , ' " Nation , XXXII , No. 831 ( June 2 , 1881 ) ...
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... 4 , 1875. Providence , 1876. 75 pp . Josephson , Matthew , The Politicos , 1865–1896 . New York : Harcourt , Brace and Company , 1938. 760 pp . Kingsley , J. Donald , Representative Bureaucracy : An Interpretation BIBLIOGRAPHY 275.
... 4 , 1875. Providence , 1876. 75 pp . Josephson , Matthew , The Politicos , 1865–1896 . New York : Harcourt , Brace and Company , 1938. 760 pp . Kingsley , J. Donald , Representative Bureaucracy : An Interpretation BIBLIOGRAPHY 275.
Contents
JENCKES ASSAULTS THE SPOILS SYSTEM | 13 |
REINFORCEMENTS FOR JENCKES | 33 |
GRANT FAILS REFORMERS | 50 |
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Outlawing the Spoils: A History of the Civil Service Reform Movement, 1865-1883 Ari Arthur Hoogenboom No preview available - 1982 |
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