Building for the Centuries: Illinois, 1865 to 1898 |
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... problems . The population of Springfield grew from 9,320 in 1860 to 34,159 in 1900 , but commercial and industrial activities grew faster than those associated with government . Typical of the period , even the capital city seemed ...
... problems . The population of Springfield grew from 9,320 in 1860 to 34,159 in 1900 , but commercial and industrial activities grew faster than those associated with government . Typical of the period , even the capital city seemed ...
Page 39
... problems and to eliminate abuses . The constitution be- came increasingly unpopular when enterprising legislators found ways to avoid its restrictions . Imaginative increases in appropria- tions for legislative and executive maintenance ...
... problems and to eliminate abuses . The constitution be- came increasingly unpopular when enterprising legislators found ways to avoid its restrictions . Imaginative increases in appropria- tions for legislative and executive maintenance ...
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... problems of an urban and industrial state . That economic developments outstripped governmental is not surprising . Governmentally , the period is one of halfway mea- sures . The judicial article of the constitution recognized the ...
... problems of an urban and industrial state . That economic developments outstripped governmental is not surprising . Governmentally , the period is one of halfway mea- sures . The judicial article of the constitution recognized the ...
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Of People and Places | 1 |
Structure of Governmental Power | 35 |
Of Men and Machines | 72 |
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