The
right to vote
the contested history of democracy in the United States
Keyssar, Alexander.
creator
text
bibliography
nyu
New York
Basic Books
c2000
2000
monographic
eng
xxiv, 479 p. ill. 20 cm.
Part I: The road to partial democracy. In the beginning -- Democracy ascendant -- backsliding and sideslipping -- Part II: Narrowing the portals. Know-nothings, radicals, and redeemers -- The redemption of the north -- Women's suffrage -- Part III: Toward universal suffrage--and beyond. The quiet years -- Breaking barriers -- Conclusion: the project of democracy -- Afterword: The right to vote and Election 2000.
Alexander Keyssar.
"With a new afterword"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-464) and index.
Suffrage
United States
History
Voting
United States
History
JK 1846 .K48 2000
324.620973
0465029698 (pbk.)
9780465029693 (pbk.)
PUCPR
011211
20160527200930.0
284712