Reforming Legislatures: American Voters and State Ballot Measures, 1792-2020

by Peverill Squire

Legislatures are ubiquitous in the American political experience. First created in Virginia in 1619, they have existed continuously ever since. Indeed, they were established in even the most unlikely of places, notably in sparsely populated frontier settlements, and functioned as the focal point of every governing system devised.

Despite the ubiquity of state legislatures, we know remarkably little about how Americans have viewed them as organizations,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826223095
• ISBN13: 9780826223098
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 9.1" x 6.4"