TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keyssar,Alexander
TI  - The right to vote: the contested history of democracy in the United States
SN  - 0465029698 (pbk.)
AV  - JK 1846 .K48 2000
U1  - 324.620973 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Suffrage
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Local
KW  - Voting
N1  - "With a new afterword"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-464) and index; 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
ER  -