The right to vote : the contested history of democracy in the United States /
Alexander Keyssar.
- New York : Basic Books, c2000.
- xxiv, 467 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-452) and index.
Includes bibliographical references 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. Part I: The road to partial democracy. Part II: Narrowing the portals. Part III: Toward universal suffrage--and beyond.
Suffrage--History.--United States Voting--History.--United States Suffrage--Histoire.--âEtats-Unis âElecteurs--Inscription--Histoire.--âEtats-Unis Kiesrecht.