The Iowa Journal Of History And Politics 1925 Vol 23 Classic Reprint

Author : Benjamin F. Shambaugh
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ISBN 13 : 9781332529186
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (291 download)

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Download or read book The Iowa Journal of History and Politics, Vol. 4 written by Benjamin F. Shambaugh and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-09 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Iowa Journal of History and Politics, Vol. 4: 1906 The history of federal legislation on the subject of internal improvements affords an excellent illustration of the tendency toward consolidation. It shows one of the chief causes as well as the general process through which a loose confederation of states is gradually metamorphosed into a firm Federal State. When a people in the early stages of union are confronted with the problem of the necessity of great public undertakings requiring system and unity of purpose, the solution seems to be centralization. The Staatenbund becomes a Bundesstaat. Practical considerations override theoretical scruples. In the case of the United States, as it expanded westward and new States were formed whose economic conditions differed essentially from the original coast States, it became more and more apparent that the stronger arm and the larger purse of the central government must be put into requisition if the western States were not to be unduly retarded in their growth. The "original thirteen" managed to shift for themselves in the improvement of their coast and inland means of communication by means of taxes and the levying of tonnage duties by the assent of Congress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.