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

Author: Keyssar, Alexander.

Edition Statement:Rev. ed.

Imprint:New York : Basic Books, c2009.

Descriptionxxvi, 467 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.

Note: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 -- The story unfinished -- Conclusion : the project of democracy.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-450) and index.

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