The right to vote : the contested history of democracy in the United States

The right to vote : the contested history of democracy in the United States / Alexander Keyssar.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Keyssar, Alexander
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Basic Books, c2000.
Subjects:	Suffrage > United States > History. Voting > United States > History.

Table of Contents:

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.