The right to vote : the contested history of democracy in the United States /
Contested history of democracy in the United States
Alexander Keyssar.
- Rev. ed.
- New York : Basic Books, 2009.
- xxvi, 467 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-450) 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.
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Suffrage--History.--United States Voting--History.--United States