The forging of bureaucratic autonomy: reputations, networks, and policy innovation in executive agencies, 1862-1928

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- One. Entrepreneurship, Networked Legitimacy, and Autonomy -- Two. The Clerical State: Obstacles to Bureaucratic Autonomy in Nineteenth-Century America -- Three. The Railway Mail, Comstockery, and the Waning of the Old Postal Regime, 1862–94 -- Four. Organizational Renewal and Policy Innovation in the National Postal System, 1890–1910 -- Five. The Triumph of the Moral Economy: Finance, Parcels, and the Labor Dilemma in the Post Office, 1908–24 -- Six. Science in the Service of Seeds: The USDA, 1862–1900 -- Seven. From Seeds to Science: The USDA as University, 1897–1917 -- Eight. Multiple Networks and the Autonomy of Bureaus: Departures in Food, Pharmaceutical, and Forestry Policy, 1897–1913 -- Nine. Brokerage and Bureaucratic Policymaking: The Cementing of Autonomy at the USDA, 1914–28 -- Ten. Structure, Reputation, and the Bureaucratic Failure of Reclamation Policy, 1902–14 -- Conclusion: The Politics of Bureaucratic Autonomy -- Notes -- Archival Sources -- Index -- PRINCETON STUDIES IN AMERICAN POLITICS