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The Organismic State: The Progressive Roots of Modern American Government

Bibliographic Details Author: Clayton E. Cramer Publisher: University of Missouri Press, 2024 Thesis Statement Cramer argues that the Progressive Era’s embrace of an “organismic” theory of the state—in which society functions as a single biological entity requiring centralized, expert management—fundamentally … Continue reading

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