The right to vote
Keyssar, Alexander.
The right to vote the contested history of democracy in the United States Alexander Keyssar. - New York Basic Books c2000. - xxiv, 479 p. ill. 20 cm.
"With a new afterword"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-464) and index.
In the beginning -- Democracy ascendant -- backsliding and sideslipping -- Know-nothings, radicals, and redeemers -- The redemption of the north -- Women's suffrage -- The quiet years -- Breaking barriers -- Conclusion: the project of democracy -- Afterword: The right to vote and Election 2000. Part I: The road to partial democracy. Part II: Narrowing the portals. Part III: Toward universal suffrage--and beyond.
0465029698 (pbk.) 9780465029693 (pbk.)
Suffrage--History.--United States
Voting--History.--United States
JK 1846 / .K48 2000
324.620973
The right to vote the contested history of democracy in the United States Alexander Keyssar. - New York Basic Books c2000. - xxiv, 479 p. ill. 20 cm.
"With a new afterword"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-464) and index.
In the beginning -- Democracy ascendant -- backsliding and sideslipping -- Know-nothings, radicals, and redeemers -- The redemption of the north -- Women's suffrage -- The quiet years -- Breaking barriers -- Conclusion: the project of democracy -- Afterword: The right to vote and Election 2000. Part I: The road to partial democracy. Part II: Narrowing the portals. Part III: Toward universal suffrage--and beyond.
0465029698 (pbk.) 9780465029693 (pbk.)
Suffrage--History.--United States
Voting--History.--United States
JK 1846 / .K48 2000
324.620973